Birthdays
Sir James Black, pharmacologist, 70; Mr Paul Boateng MP, 43; Dame Florence Cayford, former GLC councillor, 97; Miss Steffi Graf, tennis player, 25; Mrs Edna Healey, biographer, 76; Sir John Higgins, judge, 67; Mr David LeRoy-Lewis, former chairman, Henry Ansbacher Holdings, 76; Miss Dorothy McGuire, actress, 75; Sir Gerrard Peat, chartered accountant, 74; Mr Jonathan Raban, writer, 52; Miss Kathleen Raine, poet, 86; Dame Rosemary Rue, former president, BMA, 66; Mr Pierre Salinger, politician and journalist, 69; Mr Nigel Short, chess player, 29; Mr Jeremy Sinden, actor, 44; Professor Trevor Smith, Vice- Chancellor, University of Ulster, 57; Mr James Wright, Vice-Chancellor, Newcastle-upon-Tyne University, 55; Mr Mike Yarwood, entertainer, 53.
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