Today is Sunday, March 4, the 63rd day of 2018. There are 302 days left in the year.

Today’s birthdays: Actress Paula Prentiss is 80. Movie director Adrian Lyne is 77. Musician Emilio Estefan is 65. Movie director Scott Hicks is 65. Actress Catherine O’Hara is 64. Actress Patricia Heaton is 60. Senator Tina Smith of Minnesota is 60. Actor Steven Weber is 57. Rock musician Jason Newsted is 55. Actress Stacy Edwards is 53. Rapper Grand Puba is 52. Rock musician Patrick Hannan (the Sundays) is 52. Rock singer Evan Dando (Lemonheads) is 51. Actress Patsy Kensit is 50. Gay rights activist Chaz Bono is 49. Actress Andrea Bendewald is 48.

In 1193, Saladin, the Muslim warrior who opposed the Crusades, died in Damascus.

In 1628, England’s King Charles I granted a charter establishing a legal basis for the Massachusetts Bay Colony.

In 1681, England’s King Charles II granted a charter to William Penn for an area of land in North America that later became Pennsylvania.

In 1791, Vermont became the 14th state.

In 1793, George Washington was sworn in for a second term as president of the United States during a ceremony in Philadelphia.

In 1925, President Calvin Coolidge’s inauguration was broadcast live on 21 radio stations coast-to-coast.

In 1943, ‘‘Mrs. Miniver’’ won six Academy Awards, including best picture and best actress for Greer Garson. James Cagney won best actor for ‘‘Yankee Doodle Dandy.’’

In 1977, some 1,500 people were killed in an earthquake that shook southern and eastern Europe.