ANNIVERSARIES

Births: 1749 Edward Jenner, vaccination pioneer; 1836 Sir Norman Lockyer, astronomer; 1866 Erik Satie, French composer; 1873 Henri Barbusse, French novelist; 1873 Dorothy Richardson, novelist; 1911 Maureen O’sullivan, American film actress; 1918 Birgit Nilsson, operatic soprano; 1935 Dennis Potter, playwright; 1936 Dennis Hopper, American actor; 1955 Bill Paxton, American actor.

Deaths: 1510 Sandro Botticelli, Florentine artist; 1935 Paul Dukas, composer; 1970 Nigel Balchin, novelist; 1998 Lord (Hugh) Cudlipp, journalist; 2012 Donna Summer, singer.