Birthdays

King Hassan II of Morocco, 63; Mr Peter Balfour, former chairman, Charterhouse plc, 71; Sir Phillip Bridges, former chief justice of the Gambia, 70; Dame Barbara Cartland, romantic novelist, 91; Mr Steve Coppell, footballer, 37; Mr Richard Demarco, painter, 62; Sir George Edwards, former chairman, BAC, 84; Mr Eric Halladay, principal, St Chad's College, Durham University, 62; Sir Edward Heath KG MP, former prime minister, 76; Mr John Heath-Stubbs, poet and lecturer, 74; Mr David Hockney, painter, 55; Dame Jill Knight MP, 65; Sir Lionel Lamb, former diplomat, 92; Mr Ian Mikardo, former MP, 84; Lord Osborne, a Senator of the College of Justice in Scotland, 55; Professor Arthur Veryan Stephens, aeronautical engineer, 84; Air Marshal Sir John Sutton, 60; Sir Richard Tucker, High Court judge, 62; General Jarl Wahlstrom, former international leader, Salvation Army, 74; Mr Michael Williams, actor, 57; Mr Richard Wilson, actor and director, 56.