Birthdays

Air Vice-Marshal John Allen-Jones, 84; Sir Thomas Bingham, Master of the Rolls, 60; Mrs Edwina Currie MP, 47; Miss Laraine Day, actress, 73; Sir Denis Forman, former Director, British Film Institute, 76; Sir Leslie Fowden, former Director, Rothamsted Experimental Station, 68; Mr Roger Gibbs, chairman, Wellcome Trust, 59; Rear-Admiral John Grant, 85; Sir Michael Hutchison, High Court judge, 60; Mr John Menzies, chairman, John Menzies, 67; Miss Marie Osmond, singer, 34; Air Chief Marshal Sir Frederick Rosier, 78; Mr Paul Simon, singer and songwriter, 52; Mr John Simpson, lexicographer, 41; Miss Rosemary Anne Sisson, author and scriptwriter, 70; Baroness Thatcher, former Prime Minister, 68; Mr Mordecai Vanunu, nuclear technician, 39; Sir Mark Waller, High Court judge, 53.