09 May

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Birthdays

 * Glenda Jackson (b.1936), Billy Joel (b.1949), Martin Fry (b.1958), Dave Gahan (b.1962).

Events

 * 1967: As You Like It (ITV, ns)
 * 1978: the Italian politician Aldo Moro is recovered in the boot of a car in a Rome street.
 * 1981: 100th FA Cup Final.
 * 1982: 2nd annual London Marathon
 * 1986: BBC1: Video Jukebox, a four and a half hour history of the pop video; Janice Long begins Singled Out.
 * 1987: 32nd Eurovision Song Contest held in Brussels.
 * 1988: DEF II first broadcast.
 * 1990: Sampdoria (Italy) win 30th European Cup Winner's Cup against Anderlecht (Belgium) 2-0 in Gothenburg.
 * 1992: 37th Eurovision Song Contest held in Malmo, Sweden
 * 1998: 43rd Eurovision Song Contest held in Birmingham.
 * 1999: 45th British Academy Television Awards

Charts
as announced on this day with no.1 single (new in bold). Click year for full chart.
 * 1971: Dawn - Knock Three Times (1/5)
 * 1978: Boney M - Rivers of Babylon/Brown Girl in the Ring (1/5)
 * 1979: Art Garfunkel - Bright Eyes (5/6) [announced Wed due to Bank Holiday]
 * 1984: Duran Duran - The Reflex (2/4) [announced Wed due to Bank Holiday]
 * 1993: George Michael and Queen with Lisa Stansfield - Five Live EP (3/3)
 * 1999: Backstreet Boys - I Want It That Way (1/1)
 * 2004: Eamon - F**k It (I Don't Want You Back) (4/4)
 * 2010: Roll Deep - Good Times (2/3)

Top of the Pops
host DJ and number one single. Click year for show details
 * 1968: Jimmy Savile & David Symonds. Louis Armstrong – What A Wonderful World.
 * 1974: Noel Edmonds. ABBA - Waterloo.
 * 1985: Janice Long & John Peel. Paul Hardcastle - 19.
 * 1991: Gary Davies. Cher - The Shoop Shoop Song (It’s In His Kiss).
 * 1996: Bear Van Beers. George Michael – Fastlove
 * 1997: Jo Whiley. Gary Barlow – Love Won’t Wait.
 * 2003: Richard Bacon & Sarah Cawood. Tomcraft – Loneliness

Stamps
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