Born. To Melanie, 28, tearjerking, angel-faced balladeer of innocence and hurt (A Brand-New Key; Momma, Momma), and her producer-husband Peter Schekeryk, 32: their second child, second daughter; in Neptune, N.J. Name: Jeordie.

Divorced. Peter Lawford, 51, silver-haired actor and former brother-in-law of John, Robert and Edward Kennedy when he was married to their sister Patricia; by Mary Rowan, 25, daughter of Comedian Dan Rowan, straight man of TV's Laugh-In; after three years and five months of marriage; in Santa Monica, Calif.

Died. Faisal ibn Abdul Aziz al Saud, 69, austere absolute monarch of Saudi Arabia; of gunshot wounds inflicted by his nephew, Prince Faisal ibn Musaed; during a royal audience in the Saudi capital of Riyadh (see THE U.S. & THE WORLD).

Died. Lieut. General John W. ("Iron Mike") O'Daniel, 81, commander of one of the first American military-assistance groups in Indochina; in San Diego, Calif. O'Daniel earned his nickname after surviving a German bullet that passed through his left cheek during World War I. A scrappy, colorful officer, he rose through the ranks between wars to lead the 3rd Infantry Division against Nazi Germany, capturing Nurnberg on Hitler's birthday in 1945 and liberating Hermann Goring's outsized trousers ("That's a lot of pants," O'Daniel crowed). His militant anti-Communism was honed by a postwar tour as military attache in Moscow and service in Korea, where he adopted the motto "Sharpen Your Bayonet." In 1954, he was asked by President Eisenhower to train the South Vietnamese army. Iron Mike became a forceful advocate of the U.S. commitment to Viet Nam, calling it "a test of our guts and our resilience."

Died. Sir Arthur Bliss, 83, English composer and Master of the Queen's Musick; at his home in London. Bliss startled staid English audiences after World War I with his chromaticism and unusual instrumental combinations in works like Rout (for ten instruments and a soprano who sings nonsense syllables) and A Colour Symphony. He later wrote film scores, notably for the 1939 H.G. Wells' fantasy Things to Come, ballet music (including The Lady of Shalott for the San Francisco Ballet) and an opera, The Olympians, with a libretto by J.B. Priestley. Named court composer in 1953, the musical equivalent of poet laureate, Bliss also composed dozens of pieces for royal occasions from the coronation of Queen Elizabeth to the wedding of Princess Anne.

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