16 October

Birthdays

 * Max Bygraves (b.1922, dec.), Peter Bowles (b.1936), Gary Kemp (b.1959), Davina McCall (b.1967)

Events

 * 1958: Blue Peter first broadcast.
 * 1968: Black Power salute at Mexico Olympics.
 * 1972: Afternoon TV on ITV
 * 1978: Blue Peter 20th anniversary. Karol Wojtyla invested as Pope John Paul II.
 * 1979: Not The Nine O'Clock News first shown.
 * 1980: Question Time (ns, BBC One)
 * 1981: Dare album released
 * 1987: Dirty Dancing on UK general release.
 * 2017: Storm Orphelia.
 * 2018: Blue Peter 60th anniversary

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 (4/6)
 * 1973: Simon Park Orchestra - Eye Level (4/4)
 * 1979: The Buggles - Video Killed the Radio Star (1/1)
 * 1984: Wham! - Freedom (1/3)
 * 1988: Whitney Houston - One Moment In Time (2/2)
 * 1994: Take That - Sure (2/2)
 * 2005: Sugababes - Push the Button (3/3)
 * 2011: Rihanna ft. Calvin Harris - We Found Love (2/6 n.c.)
 * 2015: Justin Bieber - What Do You Mean (2/5 n.c.)

Top of the Pops
host DJ and number one single. Click year for show details.
 * 1969: Pete Murray. Bobbie Gentry – I’ll Never Fall In Love Again
 * 1975: Noel Edmonds. David Essex - Hold Me Close.
 * 1980: Tommy Vance. The Police - Don't Stand So Close To Me.
 * 1986: Simon Bates & Steve Wright. Nick berry - Every Loser Wins
 * 1998: Jayne Middlemiss. Billie - Girlfriend.
 * 2005: Fearne Cotton & Phill Jupitus. Sugababes - Push the Button.