13 December

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
12 December			December		14 December

Birthdays

• Gary Davies (b.1957), Taylor Swift (b. 1989),

Events

• 1965: Jackanory first broadcast
• 1981: A Midsummer Night's Dream (BBC)
• 2018: David Dimbleby's final Question Time
• 2019: Conservatives win UK General Election

Charts

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

• 1967: The Beatles - Hello Goodbye (2/7)
• 1970: Dave Edmunds - I Hear You Knocking (4/6)
• 1977: Wings - Mull of Kintyre/Girls School (3/9)
• 1983: The Flying Pickets - Only You (2/5)
• 1987: Pet Shop Boys - Always On My Mind (1/4)
• 1992: Whitney Houston - I Will Always Love You (3/10)
• 1998: B'Witched - To You I Belong (1/1)
• 2009: Lady Gaga - Bad Romance (1/2 n.c.)

Top of the Pops

host DJ and number one single.

• 1973: Tony Blackburn. Slade - Merry Xmas Everybody.
• 1979: Mike read. Pink Floyd - Another Brick In The Wall (Part 2).
• 1984: Peter Powell & Steve Wright. Band Aid - Do They Know It’s Christmas?
• 1990: Simon Mayo. Vanilla Ice – Ice Ice Baby.
• 1996: Ian Broudie. Boyzone – A Different Beat.
• 2002: Liz Bonnin. Eminem – Lose Yourself.

Publications

1964

1969

1969

1975 (click for full issue)

1975

1979 (click for full issue)

1979

1980 (see ABBA scrapbook 1980-1982)

1980 (click for full issue)

1980

1980 - see 19 December 1980

1980

1986

1986

1986 Anne Diamond

2000

2003

2014

2018

2019

Stamps

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