Today’s birthdays

The President of the United States is 71.

Lord Smith of Clifton, Vice-chancellor, University of Ulster, 1991-99, 80; Mr R.H. Crane, poet, 80; Lord Rathcavan 78; Mr James Wright, Vice-chancellor, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, 1992-2000, 78; Dame

Yvonne Moores, Chief Nursing Officer and Director of Nursing, Department of Health, 1992-99, 76; Mr Mike Yarwood, entertainer, 76; Mr Jonathan Raban, author, 75; Lady Gretton, Lord-lieutenant for Leicestershire, 74; Sir Antony Sher, actor, writer and artist, 68; the Rt Rev Lord Williams of Oystermouth, Master, Magdalene College, Cambridge; Archbishop of Canterbury, 2002-13, 67; Lord

Boateng, Chairman, The English-speaking Union; High Commissioner to South Africa, 2005-09, 66; Miss Steffi Graf, tennis player; seven-times Wimbledon Ladies’ Singles Champion, 48; Mr Joe Worsley, former England rugby union player, 40; Ms Emma Wiggs, canoeist; Paralympic gold medallist, Rio 2016, 37; and Lang

Lang, concert pianist, 35.

Today is the anniversary of the Battle of Naseby in 1645. It is also the anniversary of the surrender of all the Argentine Armed Forces in East and West Falkland in 1982.