10 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
09 October			October		11 October

Birthdays

• Charlie George (b.1950), Midge Ure (b.1953), David Lee Roth (b.1954), Kirsty MacColl (b.1959, dec.), Martin Kemp (b.1961), Smash Hits (b.1978), Jack Savoretti (b.1983).

Events

• 1964: 18th Summer Olympic Games open in Tokyo
• 1967: Outer Space Treaty
• 1974: Labour Party led by Harold Wilson wins the General Election.
• 1982: Buongiorno Italia
• 1983: Riverside at The Hacienda
• 1983: Paul McCartney in Times Square.
• 1998: Blue Peter 40th anniversary.
• 2007: Radiohead's In Rainbows released.

Charts

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

• 1971: Rod Stewart - Maggie May (2/5)
• 1978: John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John - Summer Nights (3/7)
• 1993: Take That ft. Lulu - Relight My Fire (2/2)
• 1999: Christina Aguilera - Genie In A Bottle (1/2)
• 2004: Robbie Williams - Radio (1/1)
• 2010: Cee-Lo Green - Forget You (1/2)

Top of the Pops

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

• 1968: Alan Freeman. Mary Hopkin - Those Were The Days.
• 1985: Mike Smith & Steve Wright. Jennifer Rush - The Power Of Love.
• 1991: Tony Dortie & Mark Franklin. Bryan Adams – (Everything I Do) I Do It For You.
• 1997: Mark Lamarr. Elton John - Something About The Way You Look Tonight.
• 2003: Reggie Yates & Fearne Cotton. Black Eyed Peas - Where Is The Love?

Publications

1964 (click for full issue)

1970

1970

1970

1981

1981 Brideshead Revisited

1981

1981 (click for full issue)

1987 (click for full issue)

1987

1987

1987 Black

1987

1992

1998

2015

2020

2020

Stamps

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