11 September

Birthdays

 * Jon Moss (b.1957), Mick Talbot (b.1958), Colin Wells (b.1963), Moby (b.1965), Richard Ashcroft (b.1971).

Events

 * 1967: The Magical Mystery Tour begins
 * 1968: A Touch of Venus (BBC2)
 * 1972: Mastermind first broadcast
 * 1975: Kraftwerk play Liverpool Empire
 * 1979: Madness make Top 40 debut
 * 1980: Blue Peter, Peter Duncan debut
 * 1993: Last night of The Proms
 * 2001: Islamist extremists hijack four planes flying above the USA. Two are made to crash into the World Trade Center's twin towers in New York.
 * 2020: Gogglebox (S16, C4)

Charts
as announced on this day, with no.1 single (new in bold). Click year for full chart.
 * 1968: The Beatles - Hey Jude (1/2)
 * 1973: Donny Osmond - Young Love (4/4)
 * 1979: Cliff Richard - We Don't Talk Anymore (4/4)
 * 1984: Stevie Wonder - I Just Called To Say I Love You (2/6)
 * 1988: Phil Collins - Groovy Kind of Love (2/2)
 * 1994: Whigfield - Saturday Night (1/4)
 * 2005: Pussycat Dolls - Dontcha (1/3)
 * 2011: Pixie Lott - All About Tonight (1/1)
 * 2015: Sigala - Easy Love (1/1)
 * 2020: Cardi B ft Megan Thee Stallion - Wap (2/3)

Top of the Pops
host DJ and number one single. Click year for show details.
 * 1969: Pete Murray. Zager & Evans – In The Year 2525
 * 1975: DLT. Rod Stewart – Sailing
 * 1980: JS & Richard Skinner. Kelly Marie - Feels Like I'm in Love
 * 1986: Mike Smith. The Communards - Don't Leave Me This Way
 * 1998: Jamie Theakston. All Saints - Bootie Call
 * 2005: Fearne Cotton & Suggs. Pussycat Dolls - Dontcha.

Stamps
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