21 August

Birthdays

 * Kenny Rogers (b.1938, dec.), Joe Strummer (b.1952, dec.), Budgie (b.1957), Usain Bolt (b.1986)



Events

 * 1968: Invasion of Czechoslovakia completed
 * 1987: Dirty Dancing US premiere
 * 1996: Netscape Browser 3.0 released
 * 2020: BTS release Dynamite
 * 2023: Letby sentencing



Charts
as announced on this day, with no.1 single (new in bold). Click year for full chart.
 * 1968: Tommy James & Shandells - Mony Mony (3/3 nc)
 * 1973: Donny Osmond - Young Love (1/4)
 * 1979: Cliff Richard - We Don't Talk Anymore (1/4)
 * 1984: George Michael - Careless Whisper (2/3)
 * 1988: Yaz - the Only Way Is Up. (4/5)
 * 1994: Wet Wet Wet - Love Is All Around (13/15)
 * 2005: McFly - I'll Be OK (1/1)
 * 2011: Wretch 32 - Don't Go (1/1)
 * 2015: Jess Glynne - Don't Be So Hard On Yourself (1/1)

Top of the Pops
host DJ and number one single. Click year for show details.
 * 1969: Alan Freeman. Rolling Stones - Honky Tonk Women
 * 1975: Noel Edmonds . The Stylistics - I Can't Give You Anything
 * 1980: Steve Wright & Cliff Richard. David Bowie - Ashes To Ashes.
 * 1986: Bruno Brookes & Gary Davies. Boris Gardiner – I Want To Wake Up With You.
 * 1998: Jamie Theakston. Boyzone - No Matter What.
 * 2005: Fearne Cotton & Rufus Hound. McFly - I'll Be OK

Stamps
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