26 July

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Birthdays

 * Stanley Kubrick (b.1928, dec.), Mick Jagger (b.1943), Helen Mirren (b.1945), Roger Taylor (b.1949), Susan George (b.1950), Kevin Spacey (b.1959), Sandra Bullock (b.1964), Jason Statham (b.1967).

Events

 * 1971: Apollo 15 launched
 * 1994: Terry Scott dies.

Charts
as announced on this day, with no.1 single (new in bold). Click year for full chart.
 * 1967: The Beatles - All You Need Is Love (2/3)
 * 1977: Donna Summer - I Feel Love. (2/4)
 * 1983: Paul Young - Wherever I Lay My Hat. (2/3)
 * 1987: Los Lobos - La Bamba (1/2)
 * 1992: Jimmy Nail - Ain't No Doubt (3/3)
 * 1998: Spice Girls - Viva Forever (1/2)
 * 2009: JLS - Beat Again (2/2)

Top of the Pops
host DJ and number one single.


 * 1979: JS. Boomtown Rats - I Don't Like Mondays.
 * 1984: Janice Long & Dave Lee Travis. FGTH - Two Tribes.
 * 1990: Jakki Brambles.Partners in Kryme – Turtle Power.
 * 1996: Lisa I'Anson. Spice Girls - Wannabe.
 * 2002:  Liz Bonnin. Gareth Gates – Anyone Of Us (Stupid Mistake)