ANNIVERSARIES

Births: 1838 John Wilkes Booth, actor and assassin of President Abraham Lincoln; 1850 Sir Thomas Lipton, Glasgow-born founder of grocery chain, and philanthropist; 1864 Léon Gaumont, French cinema pioneer; 1899 Fred Astaire, film actor and dancer; 1902 David Selznick, film producer; 1920 Bert Weedon OBE, British guitarist.

Deaths: 1774 Louis XV, King of France; 1818 Paul Revere, American patriot; 1904 Sir Henry Morton Stanley, journalist and explorer in Africa; 1914 Sir William Smith, founder of the Boys’ Brigade.