It is 50 years this year since the first issue of Private Eye hit the streets of London, outraging Disgusted of Tunbridge Wells and the rest of the British bourgeoisie:

Its fortnightly formula of satire, gossip, cartoons and investigative journalism has remained relatively unchanged for almost 50 years, but Private Eye has rarely been in such good health.

The current affairs magazine recorded its best sales figure since 1992 yesterday, a result it attributed to its uncompromising stance on national controversies and its sense of humour in troubled times. [...]

It is also 50 years since Jane Goodall stopped studying her compatriots and chose to study chimpanzees instead:

[...] After working with the legendary archaeologist, Louis Leakey, Jane Goodall first traveled to Gombe Stream in 1960 to study chimpanzees. She went on to make a number of seminal discoveries about chimp social and family life and became an icon for conservation and humanitarian efforts. She founded JGI in 1977. Having been the subject of many popular films and books, the 75-year-old Goodall continues to travel the world 300 days out of the year to promote community-based conservation. Among her many honors, she became a UN Messenger of Peace, as presented by former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan.[...]

My question is: were these two events somehow connected?