18 June

Birthdays

 * Ian Carmichael (b.1920, dec.), Paul Eddington (b.1927, dec.), Delia Smith (b.1941), Paul McCartney (b.1942), Barry Evans, (b.1943, dec.), Raffaella Carrà (b.1943), Fabio Capello (b.1946), Isabella Rossellini (b.1952), Richard Madden (b.1986

Events

 * 1969: The Main Chance
 * 1970: UK General Election
 * 1980. England v Spain
 * 1982: Body of Italian banker Roberto Calvi found hanging under Blackfriar's Bridge.
 * 1983: Get Set, Pop Quiz (BBC1)
 * 2020: RIP Dame Vera Lynn

Charts
year (click for full chart), with no.1 single (new in bold)
 * 1964: Cilla Black - You're My World (4/4)
 * 1969: The Beatles - The Ballad of John & Yoko (2/3)
 * 1972 Don McLean - VIncent (2/2)
 * 1974: Gary Glitter - Always Yours (1/1)
 * 1985: The Crowd - You'll Never Walk Alone (2/2)
 * 1989: Soul II Soul - Back to Life (However Do You Want Me) (1/4)
 * 1995: Robson & Gerome - Unchained Melody (6/7)
 * 2000: Black Legens - You See the Trouble With Me (1/2)
 * 2006: Nelly Furtado - Maneater (2/3)

Top of the Pops
host DJ and number one single. Click year for show details.
 * 1970: JS. Mungo Jerry – In The Summertime.
 * 1981: Peter Powell. Smokey Robinson – Being With You.
 * 1987: anice Long & Simon Mayo. The Firm - Star Trekkin.
 * 1992: Mark Franklin & Bob Geldof. Erasure – Take A Chance On Me.
 * 1999: Jamie Theakston. S. CLUB 7 – Bring It All Back
 * 2004: Tim Kash & Reggie Yates. Mario Winans – I Don’t Wanna Know.