29 January

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Birthdays

 * Germaine Greer (b.1939), Tony Blackburn (b.1943), Tom Selleck (b.1945), Oprah Winfrey (b.1954), Roddy Frame (1964),

Events

 * 1964: Winter Olympics, Innsbruck.
 * 1972: A Song For Europe.
 * 1976: IRA bombs in London's West End
 * 1979: Pipkins (ns, ITV), The Tomorrow People (ns, ITV); Radio 2 goes 24-hours a day
 * 1980: Musicology on R1
 * 1981: Hill Street Blues (ns, ITV)
 * 1984: Goodbye Mr Chips, One By One (both ns, BBC1), All the World's a Stage (ns, BBC2)
 * 2020: China flights suspended

Charts
as announced on this day, with no.1 single (new in bold). Click year for full chart.
 * 1969: Fleetwood Mac - Albatross (1/1)
 * 1974: Mud - Tiger Feet (2/4)
 * 1980: The Specials - Too Much Too Young (The Special AKA Live! EP) (1/2)
 * 1985: Foreigner - I Want To Know What Love Is (3/3)
 * 1989: Marc Almond & Gene Pitney - Something's Got A Hold Of My Heart (2/4)
 * 1995: Celine Dion - Think Twice (1/7)
 * 2006: Notorious Big / Diddy / Nelly - Nasty Girl (1/2)
 * 2012: Twilight - Cover Drive (1/1)
 * 2012: Cover Drive - Twilight (1/1)
 * 2021: Olivia Rodrigo - Drivers License (3/ )

Top of the Pops
host DJ and number one single. Click year for show details.
 * 1964: Jimmy Savile & Alan Freeman. The Searchers – Needles And Pins
 * 1970: JS. Edison Lighthouse – Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes).
 * 1976: Tony Blackburn. ABBA - Mamma Mia.
 * 1981: Tommy Vance. John Lennon - Imagine.
 * 1987: Mike Smith. Steve Silk Hurley - Jack Your Body.
 * 1999: Jayne Middlemiss. The Offspring – Pretty Fly (For A White Guy).
 * 2006: Fearne Cotton & James May . The Notorious B.I.G. feat. P. Diddy, Nelly, Jagged Edge & Avery Storm – Nasty Girl.

Stamps

 * none