01 February

01 February. 32/365-366

Birthdays

 * Boris Yeltsin (b.1931 - d.2007), Terry Jones (b.1942), Elisabeth Sladen (b.1946 - d.2011), Princess Stéphanie of Monaco (b.1965), Harry Styles (b.1994)

Events

 * 1980: Play your Cards Right (ns, ITV)Space Shuttle Columbia Disaster Pt 2- Final descent - BBC
 * 1983: Good Morning Britain begins on ITV
 * 2003: Space Shuttle Columbia disaster


 * 2008: Later 200.. (BBC2)
 * 2019: RIP Jeremy Hardy

Charts
as announced on this day, with no.1 single (new in bold). Click year for full chart.
 * 1970: Edison Lighthouse - Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes) (2/5)
 * 1977: David Soul - Don't Give Up On Us (4/4)
 * 1983: Men At Work - Down Under (2/3)
 * 1998: Aqua - Doctor Jones (1/2)
 * 2004: LMC vs U2 - Take Me To the Clouds Above (1/2)
 * 2009: Lily Allen - The Fear (1/4)
 * 2015: Mark Ronson Ft. Bruno Mars - Uptown Funk (7/7 n.c.)
 * 2019: Ariana Grande - 7 Rings (2/ )

Top of the Pops
host DJ and number one single. Click year for show details
 * 1968: Jimmy Savile & John Peel. Love Affair – Everlasting Love. (John Peel's debut - next appearance, 1981!)
 * 1973: Noel Edmonds. The Sweet – Blockbuster
 * 1979: Mike Read. Blondie – Heart Of Glass
 * 1990: no show. Moved to Friday 02 February due to BBC coverage of the Commonwealth Games in the normal Thursday slot.
 * 1996: Lee Evans. Babylon Zoo – Spaceman.
 * 2002: Jamie Theakston. Enrique Iglesias – Hero.