Milestones: Sep. 5, 1969

Born. To Paul McCartney, 27, last of the Beatles to marry, and Linda Eastman, 27, U.S. photographer: their first child, a girl; in London.

Died. Ailsa Mellon Bruce, 66, daughter of Aluminum Tycoon Andrew Mellon, and long regarded as the nation's richest woman; in Manhattan. Over the years, Mrs. Bruce (she married Career Diplomat David Bruce in 1926; they were divorced in 1945) quietly donated enormous sums to the institutions she loved, including $20 million (in conjunction with her brother) to Washington's National Gallery of Art last year and $3,000,000 to Lincoln Center in...

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