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), Jordan North (b.1990), Freddie Highmore (b.1992), Becky Hill (1994).

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)