A Pop Culture Scrapbook
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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
02 September
September 04 September


Birthdays[]

  • Pauline Collins (b.1940), Steve Jones (b.1955), Charlie Sheen (b.1965), Gareth Southgate (b.1970), Fearne Cotton (b.1981).

Events[]

  • 1967: Sweden begins driving on right-hand side of road.
  • 1968: Ringo Starr returns to The Beatles
  • 1969: 30th anniversary of outbreak of WWII
  • 1971: John Lennon leaves the UK indefinitely for NYC.
  • 1977: Doctor Who (ns, S15)
  • 1983: The Noel Edmonds Late LAte Breakfast Show (ns), Juliet Bravo (ns, S4), Three of a Kind (ns,
  • 1984: The Six O'Clock News launches on BBC 1; Janice Long begins regular show on R1
  • 1995: eBay (Electronic Bay) founded by Pierre Omidyar.
  • 2004: The Beslan school massacre ends 

Charts[]

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

  • 1964: Honeycombs - Have I The Right? (2/2)
  • 1972: Slade - Mama Weer All Crazee Now (1/4)
  • 1974: The Osmonds - Love Me For A Reason (2/3)
  • 1985: David Bowie & Mick Jagger - Dancing in the Street (1/4) (straight in)
  • 1989: Black Box - Right On Time (1/6)
  • 1995: Michael Jackson - You Are Not Alone (1/2)
  • 2000: A1 - Take On Me (1/1)
  • 2006: Justin Timberlake - Sexyback

Top of the Pops[]

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

  • 1970: Tony Blackburn. Elvis Presley - The Wonder of You
  • 1981: Peter Powell. Soft Cell - Tainted Love.
  • 1987: Mike Smith. Rick Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up.
  • 1992: Mark Franklin & Femi Oke. Snap! - Rythm is a Dancer.
  • 1999: Gail Porter. Lou Bega. LOU BEGA – Mambo No. 5.
  • 2004: Fearne Cotton & Reggie Yates. Natasha Bedingfield – These Words.

Publications[]

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