What was going on when I was born?

PHILADELPHIA, April 21--With his Presidential candidacy on the line, Senator Edward M. Kennedy today made a final appeal for Pennsylvania Democrats to vote "no more Jimmy Carter" in what most politicians see as a very close race in this state's pivotal Presidential primary tomorrow.

DETROIT, April 21--The Chrysler Corporation could run out of money in late May or early June if the Federal Government fails to approve loan guarantees by then, company sources said today.

BOSTON, April 21--Exclaiming "today my body was whipped," Bill Rodgers became the first runner in 56 years to capture three consecutive Boston Marathon titles when he won with a time of 2 hours 12 minutes 11 seconds.

Stock prices sank to a two-year low yesterday amid weakness in defense, automotive, blue-chip and takeover issues. Investors showed concern over a string of lower first-quarter profits and the future impact of a recession on corporate earnings and dividends.

A second incident in the last six days in which an out-of-town visitor was struck in the head and critically injured by a chunk of plummeting debris near Times Square was reported yesterday. "Both objects were believed to have been thrown or to have fallen from theaters on West 47th Street.

JOHN GREEN is taking Arabic at Portland State University in Oregon "because it gives me pleasure."

They were routine tasks for Housing Police Officer Gary Likeness: ordering a group of idling young men to move away from a public doorway, inspecting the stairways and roof of a 25-story building, walking around the grounds of "his" project, greeting children and the elderly.

Substantial silver trading by 45 foreign investors, in addition to the already large positions of the Hunt family of Dallas, began to alarm commodity exchange officials last September, according to a document released yesterday by the Commodity Exchange. The New York-based Comex is the largest silver market in the world.

THE time may be near when Americans can gaze deep into their television sets at a distant mountain range, watch a cloud of dust approach and duck as a cowboy's horse leaps from the screen into the living room.

WASHINGTON, April 21--A dozen little-known Federal officials begin a task tomorrow that, when it is finished this summer, will profoundly influence the way medical and behavioral research is done in this country for years to come.

LUXEMBOURG, April 21--West European Governments told the Carter Administration today that agreement on an ambitious new monetary reform plan for stabilizing the dollar was in jeopardy because of American reluctance to shoulder more of the financial risk involved.