18 June

Birthdays

 * Paul McCartney (b.1942),

Events

 * 1969: The Main Chance
 * 1970: UK General Election
 * 1980. England v Spain
 * 1982: Body of Italian banker Roberto Calvi found hanging under Blackfriar's Bridge.
 * 1983: Get Set, Pop Quiz (BBC1)
 * 2020: RIP Dame Vera Lynn

Charts
year (click for full chart), with no.1 single (new in bold)
 * 1964: Cilla Black - You're My World (4/4)
 * 1969: The Beatles - The Ballad of John & Yoko (2/3)
 * 1972 Don McLean - VIncent (2/2)
 * 1974: Gary Glitter - Always Yours (1/1)
 * 1985: The Crowd - You'll Never Walk Alone (2/2)
 * 1989: Soul II Soul - Back to Life (However Do You Want Me) (1/4)
 * 1995: Robson & Gerome - Unchained Melody (6/7)
 * 2000: Black Legens - You See the Trouble With Me (1/2)
 * 2006: Nelly Furtado - Maneater (2/3)

Top of the Pops
host DJ and number one single. Click year for show details.
 * 1970: JS. Mungo Jerry – In The Summertime.
 * 1981: Peter Powell. Smokey Robinson – Being With You.
 * 1987: anice Long & Simon Mayo. The Firm - Star Trekkin.
 * 1992: Mark Franklin & Bob Geldof. Erasure – Take A Chance On Me.
 * 1999: Jamie Theakston. S. CLUB 7 – Bring It All Back
 * 2004: Tim Kash & Reggie Yates. Mario Winans – I Don’t Wanna Know.