2013 Event Mervyn King, Governor of the Bank of England announces that the 5 pound bank note, to be circulated in 2016, will feature Winston Churchill 1996 Death Mervyn Hugh Cowie, willife conservationist, dies at 87 1996 Death Mervyn Levy, artist/critic, dies at 81 1995 Death Arthur Mervyn Stockwood, bishop, dies at 81 1991 Death Mervyn Nelson, director (Some of My Best Friends Are...), dies at 76 1987 Death Mervyn Leroy, actor/screenwriter/director (Quo Vadis), dies at 86 1968 Death Mervyn Peake, British Writer 1963 Death Mervyn A Ellison, British astronomer (spectrohelioscope), dies at 63 1953 Event 41st Australian Mens Tennis: Ken Rosewall beats Mervyn Rose (60 63 64) 1944 Birthday Mervyn Kitchen, cricket umpire 1943 Birthday Muff [Mervyn] Winwood, singer, Spencer Davis Group-Gimme Some Lovin 1940 Birthday Mervyn Kitchen, cricket umpire 1926 Birthday Mervyn M. Dymally, born in Cedros, Trinidad and Tobago, Representative-D-California 1981 - 1993 1922 Birthday Mervyn Jones, author, Nobody's Fault, 5 Hungarian Writers 1918 Birthday Mervyn Pike, born in England, Irene Mervyn Parnicott Pike, Baroness Pike, Conservative, Life Peerk, knighted, Member of Parliament for Melton, in the county of Leicestershire 1918 Birthday Mervyn Roye Harvey, cricketer, brother of Neil, Test for Australia 1916 Birthday Mervyn Wallace, cricketer, 13 Tests for New Zealand, latterly as captain 1915 Birthday Mervyn Levy, artist/critic 1913 Birthday Arthur Mervyn Stockwood, bishop 1913 Birthday Mervyn Stockwood, bishop, Southwark England 1911 Birthday Mervyn Peake, British Writer 1909 Birthday Mervyn Hugh Cowie, willife conservationist 1906 Birthday Mervyn Roberts, composer 1900 Birthday Mervyn LeRoy, movie producer, Devil at 4 O'Clock 1900 Birthday Mervyn A. Ellison, British astronomer, spectrohelioscope 1898 Birthday Mervyn "Red" Dutton, Manitoba, 2nd NHL President, 1943-46