23 October

Birthdays

 * Pelé (b.1940), Pierre Moerlen (b.1952, dec.), Weird Al Yankovic (b.1959), Alex Zanardi (b.1966).

Events

 * 1969: 300th TOTP.
 * 1972: Access credit cards introduced in UK.
 * 1980: The BBC Television Shakespeare
 * 1984: Whistle Test and new season of Top Gear on BBC2
 * 1993: Seven people killed by IRA bomb attack in Belfast
 * 1995: Hollyoaks first broadcast.
 * 2001: Apple releases the iPod
 * 2012: Skyfall première in London
 * 2015: Adele releases Hello - 1.1 million downloads in first week.

Charts
as announced on this day, with no.1 single (new in bold). Click year for full chart.
 * 1968: Mary Hopkin - Those Were the Days (5/6)
 * 1973: David Cassidy - Daydreamer/Puppy Song (1/3)
 * 1979: Lena Martell - One Day At A Time (1/3)
 * 1984: Wham! - Freedom (2/3)
 * 1988: Enya - Orinoco Flow (1/3)
 * 1994: Pato Banton - Baby Come Back (1/4)
 * 2005: Arctic Monkeys - I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor (1/1)
 * 2011: Rihanna ft. Calvin Harris - We Found Love (3/6 n.c.)
 * 2015: KDA ft Tinie Tempah & Katie B - Turn The Music Louder (Rumble) (1/1)
 * 2020: Internet Money - Lemonade (1/1)

Top of the Pops
host DJ and number one single. Click year for show details.
 * 1969: 300th TOTP. JS. The Archies - Sugar Sugar.
 * 1975: Tony Blackburn. Art Garfunkel – I Only Have Eyes For You.
 * 1980: Mike Read & Russ Abbot. The Police - Don't Stand So Close To Me.
 * 1986: Gary Davies. Nick Berry – Every Loser Wins.
 * 1998: Jamie Theakston. Spacedust – Gym And Tonic.
 * 2005: Fearne Cotton & Rufus Hound. Arctic Monkeys - I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor.