Eric writes:

>Anyone offhand know when Vainberg's 80th birthday will be?

According to this url [http://home.worldonline.nl/~ovar/bvainbe.html]
his dates of arriving and departure are;

Born: 8 December 1919 in Warsaw. Died: 26 February 1996 in Moscow.

So there is still good time to bake him that magnificent cake...

I guess Eric, that You're coming to the party?

Peter Lundin. Gothenburg, Sweden