ANNIVERSARIES

Births:

1578 William Harvey, physician who discovered circulation of the blood; 1868 Edmond Rostand, poet and playwright (Cyrano de Bergerac); 1873 Sergei Rachmaninov, Russian composer and pianist; 1875 Edgar Wallace, thriller writer and journalist; 1883 Lon Chaney, silent-screen actor; 1911 Jack Kane, Lord Provost of Edinburgh 1972-75; 1932 Debbie Reynolds, actress.

Deaths:

1245 St Gilbert, last pre-reformation saint in Scotland to be canonised; 1917 Scott Joplin, ragtime pianist and composer; 1984 Marvin Gaye, soul singer (shot dead by his father); 1994 Gordon Cameron, Scottish painter; 2004 Carrie Snodgrass, actress; 2015 Cynthia Lennon, publisher and first wife of John Lennon..