Today’s birthdays

Miss Marisa Robles, harpist, is 85; Mr Graham Swift, author, 73; Mr Justice Murray 64; Ms Jane Kennedy, former Labour Government Minister, 64; Dame Caroline Spelman, former Conservative Cabinet Minister, 64; Sir Tony Mccoy, former National Hunt jockey and 20 times Champion Jockey; broadcaster and President, Injured Jockeys Fund, 48; the Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair 39; and Mr Rory Mcilroy, golfer; four times Major Champion: Open 2014, US Open 2011, and PGA Championship 2012 and 2014, 33.

Today is the anniversary of the first running of the Derby in 1780. It is also the anniversary of the election of Mrs Margaret Thatcher (Baroness Thatcher) as Prime Minister in 1979.