ANNIVERSARIES

Births: 1483 Raphael, artist; 1820 Sir John Tenniel, illustrator and cartoonist; 1824 Charles Blondin (Jean-francois Gravelet), tightrope walker; 1890 Vladimir Nijinsky, dancer; 1894 Ben Hecht, screenwriter; 1909 Professor Sir Stephen Spender, poet and critic; 1910 Vincente Minnelli, US film director; 1932 Brian Moore, football commentator; 1946 Robin Cook, foreign secretary 1999-2001.

Deaths: 1887 Alexander Borodin, composer; 1869 Alphonse de Lamartine, poet and statesman; 1916 Henry James, novelist; 1986 Olave Palme, Swedish prime minister (assassinated); 1990 Greville Wynne, spy; 1993 Ruby Keeler, actress; 1998 Dermot Morgan, actor (Father Ted); 2011 Jane Russell, American film actress; 2016 Frank Kelly, actor (Father Jack in Father Ted); 2016 George Kennedy, American actor.