Birthdays
Birthdays
Air Chief Marshal Sir Michael Alcock, 59; Sir John Blofeld, High Court judge, 64; The Right Rev Richard Chartres, Bishop of London, 49; Mr Robert Compton, former chairman, Time-Life International, 74; Mr Bill Crozier, radio producer, 72; Mr Peter de Savary, entrepreneur and yachtsman, 52; The Hon Greville Janner MP, 68; Mr Toby Jessel MP, 62; Mr Theodore Maiman, physicist and inventor of the laser, 69; Miss Julia Trevelyan Oman, television, film and theatre designer, 66; Mr Terry Patchett MP, 56; Mr Hermann Prey, baritone, 67; Mr Giles Slaughter, Headmaster, University College School, 59; Dr Derek Stevenson, former secretary, BMA, 85; Mr John Stride, actor, 60; Mr John Swift, Rail Regulator, 56; Mr Richard Thomas, High Commissioner to Barbados, Grenada and St Vincent, 57; Mr Gough Whitlam QC, former Australian Prime Minister, 80.
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