Milestones: Feb. 10, 1961

Born. To the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., 32, softspoken, strong-willed Baptist minister who led Montgomery, Ala. Negroes in the 1956 fight to integrate the city's bus line, and Coretta King, 33; their third child, second son; in Atlanta.

Married. Neale Fraser, 27, handsome, hard-serving Australian who is the world's best amateur tennis player; and Wendy Mclver, 23, non-tennis playing daughter of a purchasing agent; in South Caulfield, Victoria.

Died. Anna May Wong, 54, Los Angeles-born daughter of a local laundryman, who became a film star over her father's objections that "every time your...

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