21 November 1974

Thursday 21 November

1974-11-21

Events

 * Birmingham pub bombings: bombs explode in two public houses in central Birmingham, UK. The explosions killed 21 people and injured 182 others. Bombs went off at 20:17 at the Mulberry Bush and at 20:27 at Tavern in the Town, 50 yards away from the first. Six Irishmen were arrested within hours of the blasts, and in 1975 sentenced to life imprisonment. BBC Newsarchive.

Top of the Pops

 * presented by Noel Edmonds
 * 1) (8) The Rubettes – Juke Box Jive
 * 2) (2) Queen – Killer Queen
 * 3) (20) Bachman-Turner Overdrive – You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet (Pan's People)
 * 4) (New) Alvin Stardust – Tell Me Why
 * 5) (6) The Peppers – Pepper Box (rpt.)
 * 6) (New) Hot Chocolate – Cheri Babe
 * 7) (23) Hello – Tell Him
 * 8) (New) Lulu – The Man With The Golden Gun
 * 9) (28) Elvis Presley – My Boy (Video)
 * 10) (New) Carl Douglas – Dance The Kung Fu
 * 11) (24) Paul McCartney & Wings – Junior’s Farm
 * 12) (1) David Essex – Gonna Make You A Star
 * 13) (27) The Javells Feat. Nosmo King – Goodbye Nothing To Say (crowd over credits)