07 June

158/365 - 159/366

Birthdays

 * Tom Jones (b.1940), Liam Neeson (b.1952), Prince (b.1958, dec.), Damien Hirst (b.1965), Adam Buxton (b.1969)

Events

 * 1968: Women machinists at Ford's Dagenham car factory go on strike
 * 1970: World Cup: England v. Brazil
 * 1972: Musical "Grease" opens at Broadhurst Theater, New York City.
 * 1975: Sony introduces the Betamax videocassette recorder for sale to the public
 * 1977: HM The Queen's Silver Jubilee is celebrated. The Sex Pistols attempt to perform live on a boat on the River Thames.
 * 1979: First European Elections begin.
 * 1980: Raquel Welch on Mork & Mindy
 * 1984: Crimewatch (ns, BBC1)
 * 2001: Labour Party landslide victory in UK General Election

Charts
as announced on this day with no.1 single (new in bold). Click year for full chart:
 * 1970: Mungo Jerry - In The Summertime (1/7)
 * 1977: Rod Stewart - I Don't Wanna Talk About It/The First Cut Is The Deepest (4/4)
 * 1983: The Police - Every Breath You Take (2/4)
 * 1992: Erasure - ABBA-esque EP (straight in) (1/5)
 * 1998: B*witched - C'est la vie (2/2)
 * 2009: Black Eyed Peas - Boom Boom Pow (1/2 n.c.)
 * 2015: Jason Derulo - Want to Want Me (2/4)
 * 2019: Ed Sheeran & Justin Bieber - I Don't Care (4/ )

Top of the Pops

 * 1979: JS. Blondie - Sunday Girl.
 * 1984: David Jensen & John Peel. Wham! Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go
 * 1990: Mark Goodier. England/NewOrder - World In Motion..
 * 1996: Nicky Campbell. Fugees - Killing Me Softly.
 * 2002: Jamie Theakston. Will Young . Light My Fire.
 * 2019: The Story of 1988 / Big Hits 1988

Stamps
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