ANNIVERSARIES

Births: 1894 Walter Brennan, three-time Oscar-winning actor; 1906 Johnny Hodges, American saxophonist; 1914 Woody Strode, decathlete, American football player and actor; 1920 Rosalind Franklin, British biophysicist who made major contribution in discovery of DNA; 1923 Estelle Getty, American actress; 1935 Adnan Khashoggi, Saudi Arabian businessman; 1944 Sally Beauman, British writer.

Deaths: 1834 Samuel Taylor Coleridge, poet; 1843 Charles Macintosh, Scottish chemist who developed and patented waterproof fabric; 1846 Louis Bonaparte, King of Netherlands; Francois Coty, perfume manufacturer; 1966 Billy Smart, circus proprietor; 1986 Vincente Minnelli, film director 1995 Charlie Rich, US musician and country singer; 2017 Hywel Bennett, British actor.