Birthdays
Professor Neil Armstrong, the first man on the Moon, 64; Mr Billy Bingham, director, Blackpool FC, 63; Sir Michael Drury, Professor Emeritus of General Practice, Birmingham University, 68; Miss Barbara Flynn, actress, 46; Miss Jacquetta Hawkes, archaeologist and author, 84; Miss Joan Hickson, actress, 88; Mr Alan Howard, actor, 57; General Sir Peter Inge, Chief of the General Staff, 59; Sir Michael Kerry, former Procurator General, 71; Sir Bert Millichip, chairman, Football Association, 80; Mr Turlough O'Donnell, former Lord of Appeal, Northern Ireland, 70; Mr Rodney Pattison, yachtsman, 51; Mr Keith Pearson, Headmaster, George Heriot's School, Edinburgh, 53; Sir Eric Pountain, chairman, Tarmac, 61; The Hon Miriam Rothschild, zoologist and entomologist, 86; Mr John Saxon, actor, 59; Mr Nicholas Scott MP, 61; Lord Sefton of Garston, former chairman, North West Economic Planning Council, 79; Mr John Spellar MP, 47; Mr Jimmy Webb, songwriter, 48; Mr John Whitaker, showjumper, 39.
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