29 June

Birthdays

 * Sam Bailey (b.1977), Nicole Scherzinger (b.1978),



Events

 * 1960: BBC Television Centre opens
 * 1968: Hyde Park free festival
 * 1981: Kim Wilde releases debut album, Duran Duran go on tour
 * 1986: FIFA World Cup Final
 * 2008: UEFA Euro 2008 Final, Glastonbury final day
 * 2020: Global coronavirus deaths pass 10 million

Charts
as announced on this day, with no. 1 single (new in Bold). Click on year for full chart.
 * 1967: Procul Harum - A Whiter Shade of Pale (4/6)
 * 1976: The Real Thing -You To Me Are Everything (2/3)
 * 1982: Captain Sensible - Happy Talk (1/2) (up 32 places)
 * 1997: Puff Daddy - I'll Be Missing You (2/6 nc)
 * 2003: Evanescence - Bring Me To Life (4/4)
 * 2008: Ne Yo - Closer (1/1)
 * 2014: Oliver Heldens & Becky Hill - Gecko (Overdrive) (1/1)
 * 2018: George Ezra - Shotgun (1/4 nc)

Top of the Pops
host DJ and number one single. Click year for show details.
 * 1967: JS. Procol Harum – A Whiter Shade Of Pale
 * 1972: JS. Slade - Take Me Bak 'Ome.
 * 1973: JS. Slade – Skweeze Me Pleeze Me.
 * 1978: DLT. John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John – You’re The One That I Want.
 * 1989: Anthea Turner. Soul II Soul – Back To Life (However Do You Want Me).
 * 1995: Mark Goodier. Robson & Jerome – Unchained Melody
 * 2001: Jamie Theakston. Christina Aguilera, Lil’ Kim, Mya & Pink – Lady Marmalade.

Stamps

 * click stamp for full issue details.