ON THIS DAY
September 17, 2015
IT’S DAY 260 OF 2015
A TYPiCAl email inbox will have 260 unopened messages — 56 per cent of those will have been sent by recognised brands. ThE average salary of a university vicechancellor in Britain is £260,000. david Cameron’s salary is £142,500. ACCORdiNG to Stephen Fry, at least 260 animal species display homosexual tendencies, but only humans can be homophobic. ThE average number of Alcatraz inmates during the prison’s 29 years in operation was around 260. The highest number ever recorded was 302, and the lowest 222.
THERE ARE 105 DAYS LEFT
GiRlS born on the Northburn Estate in Northumberland have a life expectancy of
105 years, while a girl born in holme Wood in Bradford has a life expectancy of just 72.5 years, according to Public health England. iN ENGlANd, Scotland and Wales, one in every 105,000 people is murdered each year. That is the equivalent of one person in an area such as darlington or Worthing. FOR every 1,000 people in the UK, some 105 have owned, or still own, the best- selling 1981 album Queen’s Greatest hits.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY
dES lYNAM, 73 (right). Born in ireland, the presenter worked in insurance before becoming a radio reporter. he later spent 11 years as the face of Match Of The day before switching to iTV in a £5 million deal. his stay as Countdown presenter was shortlived — he quit after just over a year due to the strains of having to travel 250 miles from Sussex to leeds to record the quiz show. STiRliNG MOSS, 86. The london-born Formula 1 racing legend is often referred to as ‘the greatest driver never to win the World Championship’. Once stopped by a policeman for speeding, he was asked: ‘Who do you think you are, Stirling Moss?’
BORN ON THIS DAY
OSCAR-WiNNiNG actress Anne Bancroft (1931-2005). Born Anna Maria louisa italiano in New York, she is best known as the mature seductress in The Graduate. Although her character became the archetype of the ‘older woman’, Bancroft was only six years older than ‘graduate’ dustin hoffman. ROddY McdOWAll (1928-1998). The london-born child-star of lassie Come home, he found adult fame in Cleopatra and Planet Of The Apes. in 1974, he was involved in a bizarre FBi investigation into film piracy and copyright infringement, and his personal collection of films and television series was seized. iNVENTOR dAVid dUNBAR BUiCK (18541929). Born in Scotland but raised in detroit from the age of two, he founded the famous Buick Motor Company in 1903, which went on to become the bedrock of General Motors. he sold his share in the firm for $100,000 in 1906 and died virtually penniless.
ON SEPTEMBER 17TH...
IN 1879, the international Potato Exhibition opened at Crystal Palace. Thousands from all over the world flocked to see it.
IN 1916, two years into World War i, Manfred von Richthofen — later nicknamed The Red Baron, Germany’s greatest air ace — had his first of 80 confirmed kills, while flying over Cambrai, France.
IN 1931, the first lPs for home use were demonstrated in New York by RCA Victor. They didn’t catch on and we had to wait until 1948 before the lP was launched again by Columbia Records.