14 February

14 February: 1st day of second month February. 45th day of the year.

Events

 * 1968: Radio Brighton
 * 1977: The Flumps (ns, BBC1); ABBA play the Royal Albert Hall
 * 1984: Torvill and Dean win Winter Olympics gold with perfect performance
 * 1985: Whitney Houston releases debut album.
 * 1991: The Silence of the Lambs US release
 * 1997: K. Branagh's Hamlet on general UK release
 * 1994: BRIT awards 14th edition
 * 2006: final edition of Smash Hits published

Birthdays

 * Alan Parker (b.1944, dec.), Mick Robertson (b.1946), Tim Buckley (b.1947, dec), Kevin Keegan (b.1951), Daniel Miller (b.1951), Michael Higgs (b.1962), Luca Tommassini (b.1970), Simon Pegg (b.1970), Freddie Highmore (b.1992).

Charts

 * new charts announcement on this day (starting 1973) (see here for guide)

Charts
as announced on this day, with no.1 single (new in bold). Click year for full chart.
 * 1968: Manfred Mann - The Mighty Quinn (1/2)
 * 1971: George Harrison - My Sweet Lord (4/5)
 * 1978: ABBA - Take A Chance On Me (1/3)
 * 1984: Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Relax (4/5)
 * 1988: Kylie Minogue - I Should Be So Lucky (1/5)
 * 1993: 2 Unlimited - No Limits (2/5)
 * 1999: Lenny Kravitz - Fly Away (1/1)
 * 2010: Helping Haiti - Everybody Hurts (1/2)

Top of the Pops
host DJ and number one single. Click year for show details.
 * 1974: Noel Edmonds. Mud - Tiger Feet.
 * 1980: show broadcast on Friday 15 February due to BBC coverage of the Winter Olympics in the normal Thursday slot.
 * 1985: Simon Bates & Janice Long. Elaine Paige & Barbara Dickson – I Know Him So Well.
 * 1991: Gary Davies. The Simpsons - Do the Bartman.
 * 1997: Peter Andre. U2 - Discotheque.
 * 2003: Fearne Cotton debut. TATU – All The Things She Said.

Publications
RT/TVT scans by GraemeWood

Record releases

 * Michael Jackson - Beat It (single)