14 September

Birthdays[]

Sam Neill (b.1947), Ray Wilkins (b.1956, dec.), Morten Harket (b.1959), Amy Winehouse (b.1983, dec.), Lennon Gallagher (b.1999).

1981: Pebble Mill At One, Blue Peter (ns, BBC1)
1984: Hartbeat (ns, BBC1), Freud (ns, BBC2); 1st MTV Video Music Awards
1986: Bomb attack in Paris, 2 killed
1987: ITV Schools begins on C4.
1997: Candle in the Wind 1997 straight in at no.1.
2009: David Attenborough and Prince William officially open the Darwin Centre at the National History Museum London. RIP Patrick Swayze.
2022: Queen Elizabeth II leaves Buckingham Palace

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

1969: Creedence Clearwater Revival - Bad Moon Rising (1/3)
1976: ABBA - Dancing Queen (3/6)
1982: Survivor - Eye of the Tiger (3/4)
1986: The Communards - Don't Leave Me This Way (2/4)
1997: Elton John - Candle in the Wind 1997 / Something About the Way You Look Tonight (1/5)
2003: Black Eyed Peas - Where Is The Love? (2/6)
2008: Kings of Leon - Sex On Fire (1/3)
2014: Calvin Harris ft John Newman - Shame (1/1)
2018: Calvin Harris & Sam Smith - Promises (2/6 nc)