Milestones, May 19, 1980

DIVORCED. Christina Onassis, 29, Greek shipping empress; and Sergei Kauzov, 40, her third husband and sometime Soviet her third husband and sometime Soviet shipping functionary; on the grounds of irreconcilable differences; after 21 months of marriage; in Switzerland. "They did not part in anger," one Swiss lawyer reported; a multimillion-dollar settlement reportedly helped soften the blow for Kauzov.

DIED. John C. Bennett, 56, retired Army major general who played a role in the Watergate scandal as a presidential assistant and official custodian of the infamous White House tapes after their discovery in July 1973; of injuries received in the crash of his...

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