Birthdays
Professor Neil Armstrong, astronaut, 62; Mr Billy Bingham, manager, Northern Ireland soccer team, 61; Mr Ray Clemence, footballer, 44; Sir Michael Drury, professor of general practice, 66; Maj-Gen William Hargreaves, physician, 84; Miss Jacquetta Hawkes, archaeologist and author, 82; Miss Joan Hickson, actress, 86; Mr Alan Howard, actor, 55; General Sir Peter Inge, Chief of the General Staff, 57; Sir Michael Kerry, former Procurator General, 69; Sir Bert Millichip, chairman, the Football Association, 78; Mr Turlough O'Donnell, former Lord of Appeal, Northern Ireland, 68; Mr Rodney Pattison, yachtsman, 49; Mr Keith Pearson, headmaster, George Heriot's School, Edinburgh, 51; Sir Eric Pountain, chief executive and chairman, Tarmac, 59; The Hon Miriam Rothschild, zoologist and entomologist, 84; Mr John Saxon, actor, 57; Mr Nicholas Scott MP, Minister of State, Social Security, 59; Lord Sefton of Garston, Chairman, North West Economic Planning Council, 77; Mr John Spellar MP, 45; Mr John Whitaker, showjumper, 36.
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