Birthdays
Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands, 56; Professor Sir Eric Ash, former Rector, Imperial College of Science, 66; Mr George Benjamin, composer, 34; Lt-Cdr Sir Richard Buckley, director, Malcolm MacIntyre Consultancy, 66; Miss Carol Channing, actress and singer, 73; Mr Christopher Chataway, former athlete and government minister, 63; Mr Robert Clatworthy, sculptor, 66; Mr Phil Collins, musician, actor and singer, 43; Mr William Crosbie, artist, 78; Miss Joanne Dru, actress, 71; Lord Nicholas Gordon Lennox, former ambassador to Spain, 63; Mr Miron Grindea, editor, ADAM International Review, 85; Air Marshal Sir Christopher Hartley, 81; Air Commodore Lord Harvey of Prestbury, 88; Miss Carol Hawkins, actress, 45; Sir John Hobhouse, High Court judge, 62; Air Marshal Sir Richard Kemball, 55; Mr Norman Mailer, novelist, 71; Miss Rosanne Musgrave, headmistress, Blackheath High School, 42; Miss Suzanne Pleshette, film and actress, 57; Miss Jean Simmons, actress, 65; The Rev Lord Soper, Methodist leader and broadcaster, 91; Brigadier Sir Alexander Stanier, former Welsh Guards commander, 95; Sir Michael Wilford, former ambassador to Japan, 72.
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