ANNIVERSARIES

Births: 1861 Bion Joseph Arnold, electrical engineer and inventor; 1867 John Galsworthy, novelist and playwright; 1915 Sydney Wooderson, world record-breaking track athlete; 1913 Fred Davis, world snooker champion; 1926 Buddy Greco, US singer, composer and jazz pianist.

Deaths: 1922 Alfred Harmsworth, Viscount Northcliffe, newspaper and magazine publisher; 1937 Cyril Mcneile (“Sapper”), novelist and creator of Bulldog Drummond; 1984 JB Priestley, novelist and playwright; 1988 Enzo Ferrari, Italian sports car builder.