09 March

M	T	W	Th	F	Sa	Su
1964	1965	1966	1967		1968	1969
1970	1971		1972	1973	1974	1975
	1976	1977	1978	1979		1980
1981	1982	1983		1984	1985	1986
1987		1988	1989	1990	1991
1992	1993	1994	1995		1996	1997
1998	1999		2000	2001	2002	2003
	2004	2005	2006	2007		2008
2009	2010	2011		2012	2013	2014
2015		2016	2017	2018	2019
2020	2021	2022	2023		2024	2025
08 March			March		10 March

Birthdays

• Samuel Barber (b.1910, dec.), Yuri Gagarin (b.1934, dec.), John Cale (b.1942), Ornella Muti (b.1955), Martin Fry (b.1958), Juliette Binoche (b.1964). Khaby Lame (b.2000)

Events

• 1980: ABBA arrive in Japan
• 1982: Budget '82, Disappearing World (ns, ITV)
• 1987: French & Saunders (ns, BBC1). The Joshua Tree released
• 1989: Soviet Union officially submits to jurisdiction of the World Court
• 1991: FA Cup 6th round
• 2011: Space Shuttle Discovery final landing
• 2020: Italy lockdown

Charts

as announced on this day, with no.1 single (new in bold). Click year for full chart.

• 1967: Engelbert Humperdinck - Release Me (2/6)
• 1976: Tina Charles - I Love To Love (2/3)
• 1982: Tight Fit - The Lion Sleeps Tonight (2/3)
• 1997: Spice Girls - Mama/Who Do You Think You Are (1/3)
• 2003: Chrsitina Aguilera - Beautiful (2/2)
• 2008: Duffy - Mercy (4/5)
• 2014: Route 94 ft. Jess Glynne - My Love (1/1)
• 2018: Drake - God's Plan (7/9)

Top of the Pops

host DJ and number one single. Click year for show details.

• 1967: JS Engelbert Humperdinck - Release Me.
• 1972: JS & Ed Stewart. Nilsson - Without You.
• 1978: Tony Blackburn. Kate Bush - Wuthering Heights.
• 1989: Nicky Campbell, Lenny Henry and Hale & Pace. Jason Donovan - Too Many Broken Hearts.
• 1995: Mark Goodier. Cline Dion - Think Twice.
• 2001: Jamie Theakston. Shaggy feat. Rikrok – It Wasn’t Me .

Publications

1968 - click for full issue

1968

1968

1974 - click for full issue

1974

1985

1985 - click for full issue

1988

1991 - click for full issue

1991

1996

2019

2019

2021

2024

2024

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