Birthdays
Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan, Consultant to Secretary-General of UN, 61; Mr Muhammad Ali, boxer, 52; Sir John Boyd, ambassador to Japan, 58; Mr Keith Chegwin, Television and radio presenter, 37; Sir Michael Clapham, former chairman, IMI and BPM Holdings, 82; Sir Mervyn Davies, High Court Judge, 76; Miss Sharon Duce, actress, 44; Sir Edward Fennessy, pioneer of radar, 82; Miss Monica Furlong, writer, 64; Mlle Francoise Hardy, singer and songwriter, 50; Lord Joseph, former MP and government minister, 76; The Right Rev Nigel McCulloch, Bishop of Wakefield, 52; Miss Sally Mapleson, show jumper, 37; Sir Geoffrey Pattie MP, 58; Professor William Robertson, pathologist, 71; Mr Vidal Sassoon, hair stylist, 66; Miss Moira Shearer, former ballerina, 68; Professor Sir David Smithers, radiotherapist, 86; Mr Clyde Walcott, cricket administrator, 68; Miss Gillian Weir, concert organist, 53; Mr Paul Young, singer, 38.
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