Birthdays
Miss Bibi Andersson, actress, 58; Lord Carr of Hadley, former Home Secretary, 77; Rear-Admiral Sir Nigel Cecil, 68; Lord Dainton, chemist, and chancellor, Sheffield University, 79; Mr Roy Fredericks, cricketer and politician, 51; Mr Ron Greenwood, former football manager, 72; Air Marshal Sir Donald Hall, deputy chairman, GEC- Marconi, 63; Sir Martin Jacomb, Chairman, British Council, 64; Lord Jenkins of Hillhead, Chancellor of Oxford University and former MP, 73; Sir Harold Kent QC, Commissary to Dean and Chapter of St Paul's Cathedral, 90; Mr Rodney Marsh, cricketer, 46; Dr Indraprasad Patel, economist, 69; Mr Richard Rowe, jockey, 34; Mr John Sheffield, former chairman, Norcros, 80; Sir Peter Shepheard, architect, 80; Mr Alan G. Turner, chairman, BPB Industries, 60; Mr Kurt Vonnegut, novelist, 71; General Sir Walter Walker, former Commander-in-Chief, Allied Forces, North Europe, 81; Miss June Whitfield, actress, 68; Lord Wolfson, chairman, Wolfson Foundation, 66.
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