Today’s birthdays
Prince Michael of Kent is 75. Miss Gina Lollobrigida, actress and photographer, 90; Mr Neil Simon, playwright, 90; the Duke of Abercorn, Chancellor, Order of the Garter, 83; Sir George Newman, a former High Court Judge, 76; Dr Peter Beck, Lord-lieutenant for South Glamorgan, 2008-16, 76; the Rt
Rev Graham Dow, Bishop of Carlisle, 2000-09, 75; Lord
Goodlad, High Commissioner to Australia, 2000-05, 74; Sir
Dennis Byron, President, Caribbean Court of Justice; President, International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, 2007-11, 74;
Sir Philip Craven, President, International Paralympic Committee, 67; Lord Maude of
Horsham, former Conservative Government Minister, 64; and Miss Pam Shriver, former tennis player and commentator, 55. Today is Independence Day in the United States. It is also the anniversary of the birth of Giuseppe Garibaldi in 1807.