Milestones: Nov. 16, 1970

Born. To Yakubu Gowon, 36, Nigerian chief of state; and Victoria Gowon, 24; their second child, first daughter; in Lagos.

Married. Leila Khaled, 24, nervy Palestinian commando and a central figure in the multiplane hijacking last September; and a guerrilla identified only as Bassem; in Amman, Jordan.

Died. Peter II, 47, last King of Yugoslavia; of pneumonia; in Los Angeles. Peter was eleven years old in 1934 when his father was assassinated; seven years later he took full control of the government from a council of regents and led a brief campaign against Axis...

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