1932 Geraldine McEwan – British actress (Marple: A Murder Is Announced, Vanity Fair, Carrie's War, Mulberry, Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, Henry V, The Barchester Chronicles) She plays Miss Jane Marple in many TV adaptations of the stories

I had to look her up. I did like her as Miss Marple. I think that's the only thing I've seen her in.

1936 Albert Finney - British actor (Erin Brockovich, Traffic, Tom Jones, Shoot the Moon, Annie, The Dresser, Murder on the Orient Express, Scrooge, My Uncle Silas, The Bourne Ultimatum) He’s the son of a Salford bookie

He's had a long career. I remember one scene in Tom Jones where he was sexually eating fruit with a "loose" woman, and she took a bite of a pear and there was a piece hanging on her nostril. I'll never forget that.

1785 Joseph Bramah patented the beer pump handle

A very important invention.