Birthdays

Miss Lola Albright, actress, 68; Sir Christopher Benson, chairman of Boots, 60; Professor Sir John Dacie, haematologist, 81; M Jacques Delors, president, Commission of the EC, 68; Mr Desmond Douglas, table tennis player, 38; Sir Antony Driver, former chairman, South West Thames Regional Health Authority, 73; General Sir Jack Harman, former Deputy Supreme Allied Commander, Europe, 73; Sir Edmund Hillary, mountaineer, 74; Miss Sally Ann Howes, actress, 63; Mr Roger Hunt, footballer, 55; Mrs Molly Keane (MJ Farrell), playwright and novelist, 88; Mr Edward Leigh MP, 43; Mr John Lodge, rock musician, 50; Mr Charlie Magri, flyweight boxer, 37; Mr Jonathon Morris, actor, 33; Lord Palumbo, chairman, Arts Council of Great Britain, 58; Sir Jeffrey Petersen, former diplomat, 73; Mr Walter Plowright, microbiologist and veterinary surgeon, 70; Miss Dilys Powell, film critic, 92; Mr Michael Quinn, chef de cuisine, 47; Miss Diana Rigg, actress, 55; Mr Ted Rogers, comedian, 58; Viscount Slim, deputy chairman, Peek plc, 66; Mr Vilem Tausky, director of opera, Guildhall School of Music, 83; Miss Elizabeth Tucker, headmistress, Headington School, Oxford, 57; Dame Veronica Wedgwood OM, historian, 83.