MILESTONES

By TAM MARTINIDES GRAY, KATHLEEN HIRCE, JANICE M. HOROWITZ, NADYA LABI, DANIEL S. LEVY, JAMIE MALANOWSKI, GABRIEL SNYDER AND JOEL STEIN

BIRTH REVEALED. Of GENE, the first bull calf cloned from fetal stem cells; by ABS Global Inc.; in De Forest, Wis.

SENTENCED. MALCOLM SHABAZZ, 12, grandson of Malcolm X; to 18 months at a juvenile detention center; in Lenox, Mass.; for setting a fire that killed his grandmother, Betty Shabazz.

DIED. FELA ANIKUPALO-KUTI, 58, confrontational father of Afro-Beat; after suffering from AIDS; in Lagos. Flamboyant and unapologetic--he married 27 women in one mass ceremony--Fela liked to strut about the stage clad only in briefs. He wielded his saxophone like a weapon, directing it against the Nigerian government in songs like V.I.P. (Vagabonds in Power). His commitment involved more than just attitude: he was frequently arrested and in 1984 was imprisoned.

DIED. PAUL RUDOLPH, 78, one of the most influential proponents of American modernist architecture; of cancer caused by asbestos; in New York City. Rudolph's style--severe, monumental, concrete--symbolized established power in the '60s, becoming a catalyst for rebellions both political and artistic. His Art and Architecture Building at Yale (where he was chairman of the department of architecture) may have been set afire by protesters in 1969. His reputation, eclipsed by postmodernism, has received renewed interest in recent years.

DIED. CLARENCE KELLEY, 85, sturdy, reliable FBI chief who restored respectability to the agency; in Kansas City, Mo. Earning a reputation for incorruptibility at the Kansas City police department, Kelley was appointed by Richard Nixon in 1973 to head the bureau, which had been compromised by Watergate and J. Edgar Hoover's autocratic legacy. Kelley brought the FBI into the computer age, using advanced technologies to crack down on white-collar crime.

DIED. HORACE BRISTOL, 88, LIFE photojournalist who traveled with Steinbeck to chronicle the migrant workers who inspired The Grapes of Wrath; in Ojai, Calif. When his wife committed suicide in 1956, Bristol destroyed many of his negatives and abandoned his profession until the 1980s.

DIED. JEANNE CALMENT, 122, officially the world's oldest person; in Arles, France. Born before the invention of the phonograph, Calment was widowed in 1942 after a dessert of poisonous cherries killed her husband. The tragedy did not slow her down for long. She lived exuberantly, enjoying chocolates, cigarettes and one-liners ("I've never had but one wrinkle, and I'm sitting on it"). In 1996, as if to establish her claim to posterity, she recorded a rap CD, Maitresse du Temps (Time's Mistress).

FOLLOW-UP

PASSING THE TORCH The death of Jeanne Calment caused a stir among centenarians: Who would claim the title of world's oldest person? Calls inundated the offices of The Guinness Book of World Records, official arbiter of longevity. Herewith a few of the candidates in the vintage sweepstakes:

CHRISTIAN MORTENSEN, 114 PROOF: Danish birth registration. BRUSH WITH HISTORY: Sailed to Ellis Island in 1903 on a ship named the United States. VICE: A nice fat cigar. ODDS: Clearly the Establishment pick, but in this crowd he may be just a young 'un.

MARIA DO CARMO GERONIMO, 126 PROOF: Baptismal record issued by the Roman Catholic Church. BRUSH WITH HISTORY: Her back bears scars from her 19th century slave master in Brazil. VICE: Only her priest knows. ODDS: The sentimental favorite, but she's never been able to sway the judges in the past.

AUGUSTA WATTS, 120 PROOF: Social Security record. BRUSH WITH HISTORY: Born in the same year as Mata Hari. VICE: Not a one, say her nurses, but she sometimes has pureed bacon and eggs for breakfast. ODDS: An unknown, but insiders say she could get the nod.