Milestones: Feb. 9, 1968

Born. To Juan Carlos, 30, son of Spanish Pretender Don Juan, and Princess Sophie, 29, eldest sister of Greece's King Constantine: their third child, first son; in Madrid. Name: Felipe Juan Pablo Alfonso Todos Los Santos.

Born. To Elvis Presley, 33, patriarch of rock 'n' roll, and Priscilla Beaulieu Presley, 22, a Tennessee beauty whom he met in Germany during his Army hitch: their first child, a daughter; in Memphis.

Married. Princess Benedikte of Denmark, 23, second of King Frederik IX's three daughters and the last to wed; and Prince Richard zu Sayn-Wittgenstein, 33,...

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