Birthdays

James Gillray, UK cartoonist (1756-1815); William Gisborne, NZ politician (1825-98); Annie Oakley, US sharp shooter (1860-1926); Walter Bolton, last person executed in NZ (1888-1957); John Logie Baird, UK inventor (1888-1946); Alfred Hitchcock, UK film director (1899-1980); Ben Hogan, US golfer (1912-97); Peter Beaven, NZ architect (1925-2012); Fidel Castro, Cuban leader (1926-2016); Janet Yellen, US Treasury Secretary (1946-); Philippe Petit, French high-wire walker (1949-); Feargal Sharkey, Irish singer (1958-); Phil Taylor, UK darts player (1960-); Shane Cortese, NZ actor (1968-); Alan Shearer, UK footballer (1970-); Shoaib Akhtar, Pakistani cricketer (1975-); Tim Mikkelson, NZ rugby sevens player (1986-).