Milestones: May 6, 1966

Born. To Mohammed Reza Pahlevi, 46, Shah of Iran, and Farah Diba, 28: their third child, second son and second in line for succession to the 2,500-year-old Persian throne; in Teheran.

Married. Christine Goitschel, 21, older of two French sisters currently considered the world's best female skiers, each with a 1964 Olympic gold medal to her credit; and Jean Beranger, 28, her skiing coach; in Val-d'Isère, France.

Died. Leverett Saltonstall Jr., 48, oldest son and namesake of the U.S. Senator from Massachusetts, an agronomy Ph.D. from Cornell who raised grain on his 800-acre working...

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