Milestones: May 25, 1981

BORN. To Princess Anne, 30, daughter of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, and her husband Mark Phillips, 32, a former army captain: a daughter, their second child, who ranks sixth in line to the British throne; in London. Weight: 8 Ibs. 1 oz. No name has yet been chosen.

DIED. Bob Marley, 36, reggae superstar who became the foremost proponent of the jagged, pulsing Caribbean sound and a major factor in its popularity and influence; of cancer; in Miami. Son of an English army captain and a Jamaican native, he founded his band, the Wailers, in 1964, but did not achieve...

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