ANNIVERSARIES

Births: 1688 James Francis Edward Stuart, the Old Pretender; 1710 James Short, Edinburgh-born, optician and astronomer; 1840 Sir HM Stanley, explorer; 1901 Frederick Loewe, composer of My Fair Lady; 1911 Sir Terence Rattigan, playwright; 1915 Saul Bellow, novelist; 1922 Judy Garland, American film actress and singer; 1928 Maurice Sendak, American author and book illustrator (Where the Wild Things Are).

Deaths: 1560 Marie of Guise, Queen Regent of Scotland; 1727 King George I; 1836 Andre Ampere, French physicist; 1934 Frederick Delius, composer; 1937 Sir Robert Borden, Canadian prime minister 1911-20; 1967 Spencer Tracey, actor; 2004 Ray Charles, singer.