ON THIS SUNDAY
1154: Nicholas Breakspear became the only English Pope – as Adrian IV.
1791: The Observer, the oldest Sunday newspaper in the United Kingdom, was first published. 1865: Edith Cavell, the nurse shot by the Germans in 1915 for helping refugees, was born in Norfolk.
1921: Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle, silent film comedian, was found not guilty by 10-2 of rape and manslaughter. He was retried twice and found not guilty both times – but his career was ruined.
1935: The game of Monopoly was born – the brainchild of unemployed engineer Charles Darrow. 1937: The Dandy comic, featuring Desperate Dan, was first published by DC Thomson.
1947: Tennessee Williams’s play A Streetcar Named Desire was premiered on Broadway with Marlon Brando and Jessica Tandy in the leading roles.
ON THIS DAY LAST YEAR: The boost to mental health and wellbeing caused by people spending time in the UK’S woodlands saves the health service and employers around £185 million each year, new research said.