Today’s birthdays

Lord Rathcavan is 82; Mr James Wright, Vice-chancellor, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, 1992-2000, 82; Dame Yvonne Moores, Chief Nursing Officer and Director of Nursing, Department of Health, 1992-99, 80; Mr Mike Yarwood, entertainer, 80; Mr Jonathan Raban, essayist, travel writer and novelist, 79; Lady Gretton, Lord-lieutenant for Leicestershire, 2003-18, 78; Mr Donald Trump, former President of the United States, 75; Sir Antony Sher, actor, writer and artist, 72; the Rt Rev Lord Williams of Oystermouth, Master, Magdalene College, Cambridge, 2013-20; Archbishop of Canterbury, 2002-13, 71; Lord Boateng, Chairman, The English-speaking Union, 2015-20; High Commissioner to South Africa, 2005-09, 70; Miss Steffi Graf, tennis player; seven-times Wimbledon Ladies’ Singles Champion, 52; Mr Joe Worsley, former England rugby union player, 44; Ms Emma Wiggs, para-canoeist; Paralympic gold medallist, Rio 2016, 41; and Lang Lang, concert pianist, 39.

Today is the anniversary of the Battle of Naseby in 1645. It is also the anniversary of the surrender of all the Argentine Armed Forces in East and West Falkland in 1982.