BIRTHDAYS
Ian “Mighty Mouse” Mclaughlan MBE, Scottish rugby player, 76; Ritchie Blackmore, British rock guitarist (Deep Purple), 73; Barbara Bonney, American soprano, 62; Abigail Breslin, actress, 22; Adrien Brody, US actor, 45; Julie Christie, British actress, 78; Sarah Michelle Gellar, US actress, 41; Anthony Michael Hall, actor, 50; Paddy Hopkirk, British rally driver, 85; Julian Lloyd Webber, British cellist, 67; Loretta Lynn, US country singer, 86; Baroness Warnock DBE, British philosopher and writer, 94; Peter Capaldi, Glasgow-born actor and director, 60; designer and actress, 42.