ANNIVERSARIES

Births: 1909 Johnny Mercer, singer-songwriter, co-founder of Capitol Records; 1923 Alan Shepard, astronaut; 1941 David Hemmings, actor and director. Deaths: 1946 Donald Meek, Scottish actor; 1968 Mervyn Peake, author and artist; 1969 Ted Heath, musician and big band leader; 1980 George Raft, actor; 1994 Cab Calloway, jazz singer and bandleader; 1995 Stuart Henry, Edinburgh-born DJ; 1998 Robin Hall, Scottish folk singer; 2002 James Coburn, actor; 2017 Malcolm Young, Scottish musician