Milestones Nov. 20, 1995

BORN. To OLIVER STONE, 49, Vietnam veteran/conspiracy buff/filmmaker, and his wife CHONG SON CHONG, 36, a model: a girl, Tara; in Santa Monica, California.

RECOVERING. CHRISTINE TODD WHITMAN, 49, New Jersey's Governor and rising G.O.P. star; from surgery to remove an ovarian cyst; in Morristown, New Jersey.

DIED. EDDIE EGAN, 65, police officer/actor; of cancer; in Miami. As a New York City detective in 1962, Egan oversaw the famed "French Connection" heroin bust, which inspired the 1971 movie. In it Egan, portraying his boss, was cast opposite Gene Hackman, who won an Oscar for playing Egan. The real cop went on...

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