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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
17 July			July		19 July

Birthdays

• Nelson Mandela (b.1918, dec.), John Glenn (b.1921, dec.), Richard Branson (b.1950), Pauline Quirke (b.1959), M.I.A. (b.1975).

Events

• (1953: The Quatermass Experiment first broadcast [1])
• 1966: Gemini 10 launched (John Young & Michael Collins)
• 1971: 58th Tour de France won by Eddy Merckx of Belgium
• 1979: Medical Express (ns)
• 1980: First Night of The Proms
• 1986: First Night of the Proms
• 2019: Bluedot Festival
• 2022: Heatwave hits England and Wales

Charts

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

• 1971: T Rex - Get It On (1/4)
• 1978: John Travolta / O. Newton-John - You're the One That I Want (6/9)
• 1993: Take That - Pray (2/4)
• 1999: Ricky Martin - Livin' La Vida Loca (2/3)
• 2004: Shapeshifters - Lola's Theme (1/1)
• 2010: Bob ft. Hayley Williams - Airplanes (1/1)

Top of the Pops

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

• 1968: Alan Freeman. The Equals - Baby Come Back
• 1974: no show due to BBC strike
• 1985: Peter Powell & Mike Smith. Sister Sledge - Frankie.
• 1991: Jakki Brambles. Bryan Adams - Everything I Do..
• 1997: Jayne Middlemiss & Jo Whiley. Oasis - D'You Know What I Mean?

Publications

1964 - click for full issue

1964 (click for full issue)

1964

1970

1970

1970 - click for full issue

1981 - click for full issue

1981

1981

1981 (ABC)

1987 - click for full issue

1987

1987

1987

2020

2020