11 September

Birthdays

 * Jon Moss (b.1957), Mick Talbot (b.1958), Colin Wells (b.1963), Moby (b.1965), Richard Ashcroft (b.1971).

Events

 * 2001: Islamist extremists hijack four planes flying above the USA. Two are made to crash into the World Trade Center's twin towers in New York.

Charts
as announced on this day, with no.1 single (new in bold). Click year for full chart.
 * 1968: The Beatles - Hey Jude (1/2)
 * 1973: Donny Osmond - Young Love (4/4)
 * 1979: Cliff Richard - We Don't Talk Anymore (4/4)
 * 1984: Stevie Wonder - I Just Called To Say I Love You (2/6)
 * 1988: Phil Collins - Groovy Kind of Love (2/2)
 * 1994: Whigfield - Saturday Night (1/4)
 * 2005: Pussycat Dolls - Dontcha (1/3)
 * 2011: Pixie Lott - All About Tonight (1/1)
 * 2015: Sigala - Easy Love (1/1)

Top of the Pops
host DJ and number one single. Click year for show details.
 * 1969: Pete Murray. Zager & Evans – In The Year 2525
 * 1975: DLT. Rod Stewart – Sailing
 * 1980: JS & Richard Skinner. Kelly Marie - Feels Like I'm in Love
 * 1986: Mike Smith. The Communards - Don't Leave Me This Way
 * 1998: Jamie Theakston. All Saints - Bootie Call
 * 2005: Fearne Cotton & Suggs. Pussycat Dolls - Dontcha.