90th Birthday Today 8th November 1920

Which famous character is 90 years old today? I'll give you some clues - He is six years older than Winnie the Pooh and pre dates Paddington Bear by four decades. His first chore was to go to the market for his mother and buy honey, fruit and eggs. He is dressed as a small boy in a scarf, sweater and pair of checked trousers. There is a museum in Canterbury all about him.
Answer - Rupert the Bear.
Yes, way back on 8th November 1920 saw the very first Daily Express cartoon strip featuring Rupert the Bear. Unfortunately the Papers Past Newspaper Archive does not contain this Historic Newspaper but editions of The Times Newspaper are in stock for this and most other 1920 dates. See the website http://www.paperspast.co.uk/ or http://www.birthdaytimesnewspapers.co.uk/ .