17 October

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
16 October			October		18 October

Birthdays

• Robert 'Evel' Knievel (b.1938, dec.), Peter Stringfellow (b.1940, dec.), Mark Gatiss (b.1966), Ziggy Marley (b.1968), Eminem (b.1972).

Events

1963: The Beatles record I Want To Hold Your Hand

• 1967: Memorial service for Brian Epstein at New London Synagogue
• 1968: Black athletes protest
• 1988: Playbus (ns, BBC1)
• 2005: Playing the Angel released.
• 2012: Emmerdale 40th anniversary live episode
• 2018: BBC i-player Radio is re-branded to BBC Sounds

Charts

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

• 1971: Rod Stewart - Maggie May (3/5)
• 1978: John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John - Summer Nights (4/7)
• 1993: Meat Loaf - I'd Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That) (1/7)
• 1999: Christina Aguilera - Genie In A Bottle (2/2)
• 2004: Eric Prydz - Call On Me (4/5 n.c.)
• 2010: Cee-Lo Green - Forget You (2/2)

Top of the Pops

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

• 1968: JS. Mary Hopkin - Those Were The Days.
• 1974: Noel Edmonds. Sweet Sensation – Sad Sweet Dreamer
• 1985: Peter Powell & Mike Read. Jennifer Rush - The Power Of Love.
• 1991: Tony Dortie & Mark Franklin. Bryan Adams – (Everything I Do) I Do It For You.
• 1997: Jayne Middlemiss. Elton John - Something About The Way You Look Tonight.
• 2003: Richard Bacon & Margherita Taylor. Black Eyed Peas - Where Is The Love?

Publications

1964

1964 - click for full issue

1970

1970

1970 - click for full issue

1981 (The Human League) - click for full issue

1987

1987

1990 - click for full issue

2015

2020

2020

Stamps

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