His birthday was May 19http://kjzz.org/content/22697/phoenix-firefighters-attacked-man-they-were-saving
Happy belated birthday, and thank you, Sir Winton
I suggest reading the whole inspiring article at the following link:
Emma Howard
theguardian.com, Tuesday 20 May 2014
It could almost be a normal birthday party, with music, presents and a cake. But the cake has 105 candles and many of the 100 or so guests who are here to celebrate the birthday of Sir Nicholas Winton owe him their life.
Winton's 105th birthday party is at the Czech embassy in London, and the guests here are the offspring of 669 children - mostly Jewish - rescued by Winton from almost certain death in the months before the second world war broke out in 1939. Most of their families ended up interned and murdered in Nazi concentration camps. Today they call themselves "Nicky's children".
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Guests have brought presents and gifts but one in particular stands out: a book from his daughter, Barbara Winton. The party also serves as the launch of the biography she has written about him, its title paying tribute to one of his many catchphrases, humble and pragmatic in equal measure: "If it's not impossible, then it can be done."
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