Milestones, Feb. 24, 1975

Engaged. Princess Maria Christina, 27, fourth and youngest daughter of The Netherlands' Queen Juliana and Prince Bernhard and ninth in line to the Dutch throne; and Jorge Guillermo, 28, a Cuban refugee and a teacher of preschool youngsters in Harlem. Classical music buffs who met in 1973, the couple, after a June wedding in The Netherlands, will live in New York City, where Christina teaches French and music at a Montessori school.

Died. Richard Ratsimandrava, 43, head of state, for less than one week, of the Malagasy Republic (formerly the French colony of...

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