-- card: 39107 from stack: in.0 -- bmap block id: 0 -- flags: 0000 -- background id: 4410 -- name: -- part contents for background part 14 ----- text ----- March 14 -- part contents for background part 13 ----- text ----- In 1743, the first town meeting in America was held, at Faneuil Hall in Boston. In 1794, Eli Whitney received a patent for his cotton gin, an invention that revolutionized America's cotton industry. In 1879, physicist Albert Einstein was born in Ulm, Germany. In 1883, German political philosopher Karl Marx died in London. In 1923, President Warren G. Harding became the first chief executive to file an income tax report. In 1951, during the Korean War, United Nations forces recaptured Seoul. -- part contents for background part 16 ----- text ----- Bandleader Les Brown (1912) Cartoonist Hank Ketcham (1920) Former astronaut Frank Borman (1928) Actor Michael Caine (1933) Composer-conductor Quincy Jones (1933) Comedian Billy Crystal (1947) Prince Albert of Monaco (1958) Tristan Selzler, son of a famous stackware author (1984) -- part contents for background part 17 ----- text ----- "Life is denied by lack of attention, whether it be to cleaning windows or trying to write a masterpiece." --------------------------------------- Nadia Boulanger, French music teacher (1887-1979)