Milestones, Mar. 9, 1953

Born. To deposed King Michael of Rumania, 31, who abdicated under Communist pressure in 1947, and Princess Anne of Bourbon-Parma, 29: their third child, third daughter; in Lausanne, Switzerland. Weight: 5 lbs.

Born. To Seretse Khama, 31, exiled chief-designate of the Bamangwato in Britain's African protectorate of Bechuanaland, and blonde Ruth Williams Khama 29: their second child, first son; in Chipstead, England. Name: Seretse II.

Born. To Preston Sturges, 54, veteran Hollywood writer-director (The Great McGinty, The Miracle of Morgan's Creek) and fourth wife Anne Nagle Sturges, 23: their first child (his second), a...

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