Birthdays and Anniversaries

From: The Independent - London | Date: July 29, 1996 | Copyright information

Birthdays

Mr Nigel Aspinall, croquet player, 50; Mr Roger Bone, Ambassador to Sweden, 52; Professor Gustav Born, pharmacologist, 75; Professor Patricia Clarke, biochemist, 77; Sir Michael Davies, former High Court judge, 75; Miss Kay Dick, author, 81; Mr Max Faulkner, golfer, 80; Sir Leslie Fielding, former Vice- Chancellor, Sussex University, 64; Miss Sally Gunnell, athlete, 30; Mr Joe Johnson, snooker player, 44; Miss Diane Keen, actress, 50; Lord Kilpatrick of Kincraig, pharmacologi...

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