Milestones: Feb. 9, 1962

Born. To King Hussein of Jordan, 26, and Muna al Hussein (the former Toni Avril Gardiner), 20, daughter of a British army colonel: their first child, a son, whom they named Abdullah after his great-grandfather, the first King of Jordan; in Amman. Long distressed because he had no male offspring—his previous marriage to Egypt's Princess Dina produced only one daughter—the grateful Hussein promptly rewarded his commoner wife by raising her to the rank of Princess.

Born. To Maria Schell, 36, beguiling Vienna-born cinemactress (The Brothers Karamazov, Cimarron), and Horst Hachler, 36, German film director: their first child, a son; in Munich.

Married. Jim...

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