On This Day: 20 Dec

Births:

Albert Thacker "Bertie" Brown (1887)

Deaths:

Leslie Illingworth (1979)

Notable Events:

A Christmas tea for Eagle readers, with Marcus Morris, Frank Hampson, and Charles Chilton, took place in London in 1951.
Paul Smith was a castaway on Desert Island Discs, on BBC Radio 4, in 1992. His chosen book was The Beano Annual 1974.
Bob Monkhouse was a castaway on Desert Island Discs, on BBC Radio 4, in 1998.
The second Dennis and Gnasher animated series ended in 2013.