15 December

Birthdays

 * Dave Clark (b.1939), Don Johnson (b.1949),

Events

 * 1970: Seven Plus Seven
 * 1976: Sports Personality of the Year
 * 1977: Elton John presents Top of the Pops
 * 1985: Sports Personality of 1985
 * 1994: Damon Albarn presents Top of the Pops
 * 1997: bbc.co.uk is launched
 * 2021: 'COVID passports' introduced in England

Charts
as announced on this day, with no.1 single (new in bold). Click year for full chart. Full list of December_No.1s.
 * 1966: Tom Jones - Green Green Grass of Home (3/7)
 * 1981: The Human League - Don't You Want Me (2/5)
 * 1991: Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody/These Are The Days of Our Lives (straight in, 1/5)
 * 1996: Dunblane - Knockin' On Heaven's Door (1/1)
 * 2002: Blue ft Elton John - Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word (1/1)
 * 2013: Lily Allen - Somewhere Only We Know (3/3 n.c.)
 * 2017: Ed Sheeran - Perfect (2/6)

Top of the Pops
host DJ and number one single. Click year for show details
 * 1966: JS. Tom Jones - Green Green Grass of Home.
 * 1977: Elton John. Wings – Mull Of Kintyre
 * 1983: Simon Bates & Janice Long. The Flying Pickets - Only You.
 * 1988: Gary Davies & Mark Goodier. Cliff Richard - Mistletoe & Wine.
 * 1994: Damon Albarn. East 17 - Stay Another Day.
 * 2000: Jamie Theakston. Eminem & Dido – Stan.

Stamps

 * none