09 February

Birthdays

 * Carole King (b.1942), Mia Farrow (b.1945), Tom Hiddleston (b.1981), Alessandro Tripaldelli (b.1999)



Events

 * 1964: IX Winter Olympic Games close in Innsbruck, Austria
 * 1971: Apollo 14 returns to Earth
 * 1979: Trevor Francis becomes first £1m footballer
 * 2002: RIP HRH Princess Margaret
 * 2016: Happy Valley (S02)
 * 2018: XXIII Olympic Winter Games open in PyeongChang, South Korea
 * 2020: 92nd Academy Awards ceremony; Storm Ciara hits the UK

Charts
as announced on this day, with no.1 single (new in bold). Click year for full chart.
 * 1967: The Monkees - I'm A Believer (4/4)
 * 1982: The Jam - A Town Called Malice/Precious (1/3)
 * 1992: Wet Wet Wet - Goodnight Girl (4/4)
 * 1997: U2 - Discotheque (1/1)
 * 2003: Tatu - All The Things She Said (2/4)
 * 2014: Clean Bandit ft Jesse Glynne - Rather Be (3/4)
 * 2018: Drake - God's Plan (3/9)

Top of the Pops
host DJ and number one single.
 * 1967: JS. The Monkees - I'm A Believer.
 * 1978: Peter Powell. Brotherhood Of Man – Figaro.
 * 1984: Gary Davies & DLT. (FGTH - Relax, not featured).
 * 1989: Mike Read & Sybil Ruscoe. Marc Almond & Gene Pitney – Something’s Gotten Hold Of My Heart.
 * 1995: Gary Olsen. Celine Dion – Think Twice.
 * 2001: Jayne Middlemiss. Atomic Kitten - Whole Again.