Born. To Elizabeth Bradley Beukema, 28, only child of Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Omar Bradley, and Air Force Major Henry Shaw Beukema, 28: their fourth child, a daughter; in Washington, D.C. Name: Anne Elizabeth Terrill. Weight: 7 Ibs. n oz.

Died. Hank Williams, 29, twangy-voiced singer and composer who at six began strumming a guitar, went into vaudeville at 14, rode to fame as "King of the Hillbillies" on broadcasts and recordings of his own hits (Lovesick Blues; Jambalaya; Cold, Cold Heart) ; of a heart ailment, while riding by car to a personal appearance date; near Oak Hill, W. Va.

Died. Prince Yasuhito Chichibu. 50, younger brother of Japan's Emperor Hirohito; of a liver ailment complicated by chronic pleurisy; in his villa at Kugenuma, Japan. The Oxford-educated prince was in ill health during most of World War II, sat it out with Tokyo's military garrison. At war's end Chichibu became Western-minded again, avidly read American comic strips ("Li'l Abner ... I can't understand at all").

Died. Millicent Abigail Rogers, 53, "Standard Oil heiress." granddaughter of Croesus-rich Oil Pioneer Henry Huttleston Rogers; after an operation for removal of a brain blood clot; in Albuquerque. A "best-dressed" society glamour girl of the '20s. Millicent made an unhappy career of marrying in haste, repenting in opulent leisure. Her husbands: 1) penniless Austrian Count Ludwig Constantin Salm (1924-27), 2) dashing Argentine Socialite Arturo Peralta Ramos (1927-35), 3) Manhattan Broker Ronald B. Balcom (1936-41). In later years, she Iived alone on a small New Mexican ranch in the shadow of a sacred Taos Indian mountain, wore blue jeans, sadly observed: "Dancing partners aren't what they used to be."

Died. Fletcher Henderson, 55, famed Negro jazz bandleader, pianist and arranger, who hit his peak in the '20s, later arranged many of Benny Goodman's hottest numbers (Sometimes I'm Happy, Blue Skies); after long illness following a stroke two years ago; in Manhattan.

Died. Major Rudolph William Schroeder, 66, who in 1910 graduated from homemade gliders to airplanes, went on to become a barnstormer, test pilot and high-altitude pioneer; of a cerebral blood clot after long invalidism following a stroke in 1941; in Maywood, Ill. The first man ever to penetrate the stratosphere in an airplane, gangling (6 ft. 2 in., less than 150 Ibs.) "Shorty" Schroeder set a world altitude mark of 38,180 ft. in 1920 (he blacked out, and came to only after the plane had dived over six miles). His pet saying: "There is no place for heroes in flying."

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