MILESTONES: Milestones, may 28, 1951

Born. To Charles Spencer ("Charlie") Chaplin, 61, and fourth wife Oona O'Neill Chaplin, 24, daughter of Playwright Eugene O'Neill: their fourth child, third daughter; in Santa Monica, Calif. Name: Victoria. Weight: 7 lbs. 4 oz.

Died. Lieut. Colonel Vladimir Peniakoff, 54, Belgian-born Russian who chose England as his adopted country, won the Military Cross and the Distinguished Service Order for his legendary exploits in World War II; of a brain tumor; in London. When the war began, Peniakoff was a sugar manufacturer in Egypt. He joined the British army, persuaded the brass...

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