Birthdays

Today: Sir Wes Hall, former West Indies cricketer, is 83; Mr Patrick Mower, actor, 82; Lord Crathorne, Lord-lieutenant for North Yorkshire, 1999-2014, 81; Prof Sir Melvyn Greaves, Founding Director, Centre for Evolution and Cancer, The Institute of Cancer Research, 79; Miss Maria Aitken, actress, 75; Dr Sir David Grant, Vicechancellor of Cardiff University, 2001-12, 73; Mr Bertie Ahern, Prime Minister of the Republic of Ireland, 1997-2008, 69; Ms Fiona Mactaggart, former Labour MP, 67; Mr Donal Lenihan, former Ireland and British Lions rugby player, 61; Mr Sergio Parisse, Captain, Italy Rugby Union team, 37; and Mr Darren Campbell, former sprint athlete; Olympic gold medallist, 4 x 100m relay, Athens 2004, 47.

Tomorrow: Mr James Ross, Deputy Chairman, National Grid Transco plc, 2002-04, will be 82; Sir Rodger Bell, a former High Court Judge, 81; Dame Lorna Muirhead, Lord-lieutenant for Merseyside, 2006-17, 78; Dr Gordon Johnson, President of Wolfson College, Cambridge, 1994-2010, 77; Miss Jacqueline Bisset, actress, 76; Mr Niall Fitzgerald, Deputy Chairman, Thomson Reuters, 2008-11, 75; Lord Davidson of Glen Clova, QC, Advocate General for Scotland, 2006-10, 70; Lord Moynihan 65; Ms Moira Niven, Lord-lieutenant for West Lothian, 65; Lady Justice King 63; Dame Carolyn Mccall, Chief Executive, ITV, 59; Mr Robin Smith, former England cricketer, 57; Mr Zak Starkey, musician; drummer for The Who, 55; Mr Shane Warne, former Australia cricketer, now commentator, 51; Mr Goran Ivanisevic, former tennis player, now coach; Wimbledon Men’s Singles Champion 2001, 49; and Miss Stella Mccartney, fashion designer, 49.

Today is the anniversary of the discovery of the Lascaux Caves in 1940.

Tomorrow will be the anniversary of the death of Maj Gen James Wolfe on the Heights of Abraham, Quebec, in 1759.