Milestones: Jul. 20, 1962

Born. To Charlie Chaplin, 73, ageless genius, and Fourth Wife Oona O'Neill Chaplin, 37: their eighth child, third son; in Lausanne, Switzerland.

Divorced. By Actress Janet Leigh, 35, svelte, blonde Hollywood favorite: Tony Curtis, 37, curly-coifed cinemactor; on grounds of extreme mental cruelty; after eleven years of marriage, two children; in Santa Monica, Calif.

Died. Jerry Wald, 49, chunky, eclectic moviemaker whose perpetual motion picturing made him one of Hollywood's most prolific producers (The Man Who Came to Dinner, Mildred Pierce, Peyton Place, From Here to Eternity); whose detractors claimed he was the...

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