BIRTHDAYS

ALFRED ENOCH British actor, 31

Richard Quinn, Scottish jockey, 58; Nelly Furtado, singersongwriter, 41; Patricia Hewitt MP, 71; Lucy Liu, actress, 51; Duke of Norfolk, 63; Monica Seles, tennis player, 46; Britney Spears, pop singer, 38; Nick Williams, rugby player, 36; Chris Burke, Scottish footballer, 36

ANNIVERSARIES

Births: 1837 Dr Joseph Bell, Edinburgh doctor (believed to be the prototype of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s detective Sherlock Holmes); 1848 Mary Slessor, Scottish missionary in Nigeria; 1859 Georges Seurat, painter; 1899 Sir John Barbirolli, British conductor of Halle Orchestra, 1915 Randolph A Hearst, newspaper publisher; 1923 Maria Callas, opera singer; 1946 Gianni Versace, designer.

Deaths: 1547 Hernán Cortés, conqueror of Mexico; 1814 the Marquis de Sade, aristocrat; 1859 John Brown, anti-slavery activist; 1963 Sabu Dastagir, elephant handler and actor (Jungle Book); 1982 Marty Feldman, comedy writer, comedian and actor; 1985 Philip Larkin, poet and librarian; 1986 Desi Arnaz, musican, actor, TV producer; 1990 Aaron Copland, composer and conductor; 1997 Shirley Crabtree, wrestler (“Big Daddy”).