06 November

Birthdays

 * Sally Field (b.1946), Nigel Havers (b.1949), Karl Ove Knausgaard (b.1968), Ethan Hawke (b.1970), Emma Stone (b.1988), Conchita Wurst (b.1988).

Events

 * 1971: Cilla (ns, BBC1)
 * 1979: Mainstream (BBC1)
 * 1984: US Senate elections

Charts
as announced on this day, with no.1 single (new in bold). Click year for full chart.
 * 1968: Joe Cocker - With A Little Help from My Friends (1/1)
 * 1973: David Cassidy - Day Dreamer/Puppy Song (2/3)
 * 1979: Lena Martell - One Day At A Time (3/3)
 * 1984: Chaka Khan - I Feel For You (1/3)
 * 1988: Enya - Orinoco Flow (3/3)
 * 1994: Pato Banton - Baby Come Back (3/4)
 * 2005: Westlife - You Raise Me Up (2/2)
 * 2011: Professor Green ft. Emili Sandé - Read All About It (2/2)
 * 2015: Adele - Hello (2/3)
 * 2020: Ariana Grande - Positions (1/ )

Top of the Pops
host DJ and number one single. Click year for show details.
 * 1969: Pete Murray. The Archies - Sugar Sugar.
 * 1975: JS. David Bowie - Space Oddity.
 * 1980: JS & Richard Skinner. Barbra Streisand - Woman In Love
 * 1986: Peter Powell & Steve Wright. . Berlin - Take My Breath Away.
 * 1998: Kate Thornton. Cher - Believe.
 * 2005: Reggie Yates & Anastacia. Westlife - You Raise Me Up.