13 October

Birthdays

 * Margaret Thatcher (b.1925, dec.), Nana Mouskouri (b.1934), Paul Simon (b.1941), Edwina Currie (b.1946), Marie Osmond (b.1959), Sacha Baron Cohen (b.1971)

Events

 * 1978: Rings on Their Fingers (ns, BBC1)
 * 1979: Grandstand at 21, Basil Brush (ns, BBC1)
 * 2006: Have I Got News For You (S32, BBC1)

Charts
as announced on this day, with no.1 single (new in bold). Click year for full chart.
 * 1966: Jim Reeves - Distant Drums (4/5)
 * 1981: Dave Stewart & Barbara Gaskin - It's My Party (1/4)
 * 1991: Bryan Adams - Everything I Do.. (15/16)
 * 1996: Boyzone - Words (1/1)
 * 2002: Las Ketchup - The Ketchup Song (Asereje) (1/1)
 * 2013: Miley Cyrus - Wrecking Ball (1/1)
 * 2017: Post Malone - Rockstar (2/4)
 * 2023: Kenya Grace - Strangers (1/ )

Top of the Pops
host DJ and number one single. Click year for show details
 * 1966: Pete Murray. Jim Reeves - Distant Drums.
 * 1977: JS. David Soul - Silver Lady.
 * 1983: Peter Powell & Richard Skinner. Culture Club - Karma Chameleon.
 * 1988: Bruno Brookes & Gary Davies. Whitney Houston - One Moment In Time.
 * 1994: Mark Goodier. Take That - Sure
 * 2000: Richard Blackwood. All Saints - Black Coffee.

Stamps
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