Birthdays
The Countess of Albemarle, former chairman, the Development Commission, 84; Mr Chris Bonington, mountaineer, 59; Mr Richard Buckle, writer and critic, 77; Sir Michael Connell, High Court judge, 54; Mr Ronald Davies MP, 47; Mr Michael Deeley, film producer, 60; Col James Ellis Evans, former Lord-Lieutenant of Clwyd, 83; Mr John Evans, chief constable, Devon and Cornwall, 50; Mr Frank Finlay, actor, 67; Air Marshal Sir Geoffrey Ford, 70; Dame Monica Golding, former Colonel Commandant, QARANC, 91; Sir Howard Hodgkin, painter, 61; Sir Freddie Laker, air travel pioneer, 71; Mr James Lees- Milne, architectural historian, 85; Miss Moira Lister, actress, 70; Sir Donald McCallum, former chairman of Ferranti, 71; The Rev William McCrea MP, 45; Air Vice-Marshal Thomas Macdonald, 84; Mr David Madel MP, 55; Mr Dom Mintoff, former prime minister of Malta, 77; Mr Robert Mitchum, actor, 76; Mr David O'Brien, racehorse trainer, 37; Sir Duncan Oppenheim, former president, British-American Tobacco, 89; Judge Valerie Pearlman, circuit judge, 57; Mr John Reid, jockey, 38; Lord Swaythling, chairman, Rothmans International, 65; Miss Barbara Windsor, actress, 56; Mr Charles Wood, television and film writer, 61.
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