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Milestones: Jul. 16, 1984

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BORN. To Nastassja Kinski, 23, sultry international film star (The Hotel New Hampshire, Cat People), and Ibrahim Moussa, 37, Egyptian-born film producer, her former agent and her live-in companion since last fall: their first child, a son; in Rome. Name: Aljosha Nakzynski. Weight: 7 lbs. 4 oz. Kinski had refused to divulge the father’s name, but Moussa acknowledged his paternity last week.

REINSTATED. Vyacheslav Molotov, 94, onetime Soviet Premier and Foreign Minister under Joseph Stalin who negotiated the infamous Nazi-Soviet nonaggression pact of 1939; to membership in the Communist Party, from which he was dropped in 1962; in Moscow. Molotov was dismissed from the party five years after losing his post-Stalin leadership positions, allegedly for belonging to a group seeking the overthrow of Party Boss Nikita Khrushchev.

HOSPITALIZED. Pat Nixon, 72, wife of ex-President Richard Nixon; for a lung infection; in New York City. The former First Lady has a history of respiratory infections and suffered strokes in 1976 and 1983.

DIED. Flora Robson, 82, versatile British character actress who graced both the London and Broadway stages and scores of films; in Brighton, England. She specialized in villainesses, including Lady Macbeth, the demoniacal Ellen Creed in Ladies in Retirement (1939), and the shoplifter in Black Chiffon (1949), but was also known for her portrayals of Queen Elizabeth I, most notably in the 1937 film Fire over England.

DIED. Raoul Salan, 85, taciturn French general who led an aborted April 1961 putsch aimed at preserving French rule in Algeria, then founded and led the terrorist Secret Army Organization, which fought Algerian independence with a campaign of bombings and assassinations, including several attempts on the life of President Charles De Gaulle; in Paris. Famous as France’s most decorated soldier, Salan commanded colonial troops in Indochina in 1952 and 1953; he was named French dele gate-general in Algeria when De Gaulle came to power in 1958. De Gaulle proceeded toward independence and ousted Salan, who later went underground. Captured in 1962 and sentenced to Life in prison, he was pardoned by De Gaulle in 1968; his rank and pension were restored two years ago.

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