Birthdays
Mr Alan Alda, actor, 57; Mr Bobby Ball, comedian, 49; Mr Mikhail Baryshnikov, dancer, 45; Mr Acker Bilk, jazz clarinetist, 63; Mr James Callaghan MP, 66; Miss Enid Castle, principal, Cheltenham Ladies' College, 57; Sir Oliver Chesterton, chartered surveyor, 80; Mr James Cran MP, 49; Mr John Edmonds, trade-union leader, 49; Mr Michael Falcon, chairman, Norwich Union Insurance, 65; Sir Anthony Garner, parliamentary and public affairs consultant, 66; Miss Patricia Garwood, actress, 52; Miss Frances Gumley, television and radio producer and broadcaster, 38; Mr John Hughes, former principal of Ruskin College, Oxford, 66; Mr Bill Jordan, president, AEU, 57; Sir Timothy Kitson, former MP, 62; Professor David Lodge, author and Professor of literature, Birmingham University, 58; Mr Alfred Marks, actor and comedian, 72; Mr Claes Oldenburg, pop artist, 64; Mr Gordon Prentice MP, 42; Mr Nick Raynsford MP, 48; Mr Ronnie Scott, jazz musician, 66; Maj-Gen Martin Sinnatt, senior executive and secretary, Kennel Club, 65; Sir Trevor Skeet MP, 75; Professor John Tavener, composer, 49; Mr David Thompson, chairman, Rank Xerox, 61; Sir Michael Weir, former diplomat, 68; The Rev Barrington White, former principal, Regent's Park College, Oxford, 59; The Right Rev James Whyte, former moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, 73; Lord Windlesham, principal, Brasenose College, Oxford, 61; Robert Wyatt, rock musician, 48.
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