ICal hangs on launch

I recently changed some hardware in my computer, and after I rebooted, the clock was reset to 1969. iCal was set to launch automatically on login. I reset the clock and later rebooted. When iCal launched again, it showed today on the calendar, popped up an empty alarm, and became unresponsive. It now does this every time I launch it, just sitting there with the spinning beach ball. Is there any way to fix this?
As a last resort, can I just throw out my current calendars? Where are they stored? I did a command line 'find' command for everything ending in ".ics" but that didn't turn up a single document.
PowerBook G4 500MHz Mac OS X (10.3.9) iCal 1.5.5

willowdemayo,
Try removing the com.apple.iCal.plist file from your Macintosh HD/Users/yourusername/Library/Preferences Folder. To find that Library folder, use Finder>Go Menu>Depress the "Option" key>Library. Drag the .plist file to your desktop, and log out/in or restart.
Next, make sure that you are not connected to the internet. Then go to your Macintosh HD/Users/yourusername/Library/Calendars Folder and remove any files with "Cache" as a part of the file name. Use the same method as listed above to get to the correct Library Folder. Log out/in, or restart and check iCal for functionality.

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