Birthdays

Mr Anthony Andrews, actor, 45; Mr Ernest Armstrong, former MP, 78; Mr Michael Aspel, television presenter, 60; Sir Charles Ball Bt, company chairman, 69; Mr Herbert Barratt, former trade-union leader, 88; Lord Boardman, former chairman, National Westminster Bank, 74; Mr Pieter Willem Botha, former president of South Africa, 77; Sir James Bottomley, diplomat, 73; Air Vice-Marshal Sydney Bufton, 85; The Hon Sir Richard Butler, former president, National Farmers' Union, 64; Miss Stella Cunliffe, statistician, 76; Mr Brendan Foster, former Olympic athlete, 45; Mr Joe Frazier, heavyweight boxer, 49; Miss Anne Howells, opera and concert singer, 52; Sir Anthony McCowan, a Lord Justice of Appeal, 65; Mr Denys Milne, former director, Business in the Community, 67; Mr James Mortimer, former general secretary of the Labour Party, 72; Mr Des O'Connor, comedian and singer, 61; Miss Luise Rainer, actress, 83; Sir John Rennie, former Commissioner-General, UNRWA, 76; Sir Terence Streeton, former diplomat, 63; Sir Swinton Thomas, High Court judge, 62.