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Birthdays

Miss Sheila Armstrong, soprano, 54; Mr John Beal, actor, 87; Air Chief Marshal Sir Michael Beavis, former Deputy Commander-in-Chief, Allied Forces, Central Europe, 67; Dr Fidel Castro, President of Cuba, 69; The Rev Leo Chamberlain, Headmaster, Ampleforth College, 56; Mr Roy Evans, trade union leader, 65; Miss Marie Helvin, model, 44; Mr Ben Hogan, golfer, 84; Mrs Madhur Jaffrey, actress and cookery writer, 63; Miss Susan Jameson, actress, 53; Sir Thomas Legg QC, Permanent Secretary, Lord Chamberlain's Department, 61; Lord Oram, former MP, 83; Mr Mark Pyper, Headmaster, Gordonstoun School, 49; Mr Gene Raymond, actor, 88; Lord Sainsbury, joint president, J. Sainsbury plc, 94; Dr Frederick Sanger, biochemist, 78; Mr Alan Shearer, footballer, 26; Air Chief Marshal Sir Denis Smallwood, 78; Mr Timothy Wood MP, Comptroller of the Household, 56.

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