ANNIVERSARIES

Births: 1489 Margaret Tudor, Queen of Scots; 1757 William Blake, poet and artist; 1820 Friedrich Engels, German socialist; 1904 Nancy Mitford CBE, novelist and journalist; 1923 Gloria Grahame, actress.

Deaths: 1968 Enid Blyton, writer of children’s books; 1976 Rosalind Russell, actress; 1993 Kenneth Connor MBE, ‘Carry On’ actor; 1993 Jerry Edmonton, drummer (Steppenwolf ); 2000 Len Shackleton, Sunderland and England footballer; 2001 Bill Reid, Glasgow-born VC; 2010 Leslie Nielsen, actor.