07 August

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
06 August			August		08 August

Birthdays

• Alexei Sayle (b.1952), Jimmy Wales (co-founder of Wikipedia, b.1966), Charlize Theron (b.1975).

Events

• 1964: I'm Into Something Good; Ready, Steady, Go!, year two
• 1967: George Harrison in San Francisco.
• 1971: Apollo 15 splashdown.
• 1995: It's Great When You're Straight...Yeah, Alternative.
• 2015: One Direction's fourth and final UK no.1

Charts

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

• 1968: Tommy James & The Shondells - Mony Mony (2/3 n.c.)
• 1973: Gary Glitter - I'm the Leader of the Gang (I Am) (3/4)
• 1979: The Boomtown Rats - I Don't Like Mondays (3/4)
• 1984: FGTH - Two Tribes (9/9)
• 1988: Yaz - the Only Way Is Up. (2/5)
• 1994: Wet Wet Wet - Love Is All Around (11/15)
• 2005: James Blunt - You're Beautiful (4/5)
• 2011: Cher Lloyd - Swagger Jagger (1/1)
• 2015: One Direction - Drag Me Down (1/1)

Top of the Pops

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

• 1969: Pete Murray. Rolling Stones - Hoinky Tonk Women
• 1975: JS. Typically Tropical - Barbados
• 1980: Peter Powell & Elton John. Abba - The Winner Takes it All (first show after strike).
• 1986: Mike Smith. Chris de Burgh - The Lady In Red
• 1998: Jo Whiley. Spice Girls - Viva Forever.
• 2005: Fearne Cotton & Richard Bacon. James Blunt - You're Beautiful

Publications

1965

1971

1971

1971 (click for full issue)

1971

1976

1976 (click for full issue)

1980 (click for full issue)

1982

1982

1982

1982

1991 (click for full issue)

1996 - see page

1976

Stamps

click on stamp for issue details

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