11 November

Birthdays

 * June Whitfield (b.1925, dec.), Bryan Pop Robson (b.1957), Andy Partridge (b.1953), Stanley Tucci (b.1960), Demi Moore (b.1962), Judi Trott (b.1962), Leonardo DiCaprio (b.1974),Trey Smith (b.1992)

Events

 * 1967: 5 years of The Beatles
 * 1971: 400th Top of the Pops
 * 1978: Radio 1 schedule changes; Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em (S3, BBC1)
 * 1983: Auf Wiedersehen Pet (ns, ITV)
 * 2004: Yasser Arafat dies, aged 75
 * 2018: One hundred year anniversary of the end of WWI.

Charts
as announced on this day, with no.1 single (new in bold). Click year for full chart.
 * 1965: The Rolling Stones - Get Off Of My Cloud (2/3)
 * 1975: David Bowie - Space Oddity (1975) (2/2)
 * 1980: Blondie - The Tide Is High (1/2)
 * 1986: Berlin - Take My Breath Away (Love Theme From 'Top Gun') (2/4)
 * 1990: The Righteous Brothers - Unchained Melody (3/5)
 * 2001: Westlife - Queen of My Heart (1/1)
 * 2007: Leona Lewis - Bleeding Love (3/7)
 * 2012: Robbie Williams - Candy (2/2)

Top of the Pops
host DJ and number one single. Click year for show details.
 * 1965: JS. The Rolling Stones - Get Off Of My Cloud.
 * 1971: 400TH EDITION. Tony Blackburn & Jimmy Savile. Slade - Coz I Luv You.
 * 1976: DLT. Chicago - If You Leave Me Now.
 * 1982: David Jensen. Eddy Grant – I Don’t Wanna Dance
 * 1993: Mark Franklin. Meat Loaf - I’d Do Anything For Love (But I Won’t Do That).