09 March

Birthdays

 * Samuel Barber (b.1910, dec.), Yuri Gagarin (b.1934, dec.), John Cale (b.1942), Ornella Muti (b.1955), Martin Fry (b.1958), Juliette Binoche (b.1964). Khaby Lame (b.2000)



Events

 * 1980: ABBA arrive in Japan
 * 1982: Budget '82, Disappearing World (ns, ITV)
 * 1987: French & Saunders (ns, BBC1). The Joshua Tree released
 * 1989: Soviet Union officially submits to jurisdiction of the World Court
 * 1991: FA Cup 6th round
 * 2011: Space Shuttle Discovery final landing
 * 2020: Italy lockdown

Charts
as announced on this day, with no.1 single (new in bold). Click year for full chart.
 * 1967: Engelbert Humperdinck - Release Me (2/6)
 * 1976: Tina Charles - I Love To Love (2/3)
 * 1982: Tight Fit - The Lion Sleeps Tonight (2/3)
 * 1997: Spice Girls - Mama/Who Do You Think You Are (1/3)
 * 2003: Chrsitina Aguilera - Beautiful (2/2)
 * 2008: Duffy - Mercy (4/5)
 * 2014: Route 94 ft. Jess Glynne - My Love (1/1)
 * 2018: Drake - God's Plan (7/9)

Top of the Pops
host DJ and number one single. Click year for show details.
 * 1967: JS Engelbert Humperdinck - Release Me.
 * 1972: JS & Ed Stewart. Nilsson - Without You.
 * 1978: Tony Blackburn. Kate Bush - Wuthering Heights.
 * 1989: Nicky Campbell, Lenny Henry and Hale & Pace. Jason Donovan - Too Many Broken Hearts.
 * 1995: Mark Goodier. Cline Dion - Think Twice.
 * 2001: Jamie Theakston. Shaggy feat. Rikrok – It Wasn’t Me.