Milestones, Jul. 18, 1960

Born. To Floyd Patterson, 25, world heavyweight champion, and Sandra Hicks Patterson, 22, his second wife: their third child, first son; in Rockville Centre, N.Y.

Married. Quentin Northrop Burdick, 52, North Dakota's first Democratic Congressman, recent winner of the state's special U.S. senatorial election (TIME, July 11); and Jocelyn Birch Peterson, 38, a Republican; both for the second time; in Fargo, N. Dak.

Divorced. By Bette Davis, 52, two-time Oscar-winning cinemactress: Gary Merrill, 44, her TV-and movie-acting fourth husband; after ten years of marriage, two adopted children (he also adopted her daughter from a previous marriage); in Portland, Me.

Died. Aneurin Bevan, 62, the...

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