1962 – Ray Charles was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with the Don Gibson penned country ballad “I Can’t Stop Loving You”. His only UK No.1 was taken from his Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music album.
1980 – Olivia Newton-John and the Electric Light Orchestra had the UK No.1 single with “Xanadu”, taken from the film of the same name. It gave Olivia Newton-John her third UK No.1 single.
1980 – During their 23 date “11 O’clock Tick Tock”, U2 played at The Moonlight, West Hampstead in London, England.
1988 – Michael Jackson arrived in the UK for his first ever-solo appearances. He performed a total of eight nights to 794,000 people.
2000 – A statue erected in the memory of John Lennon was unveiled in London’s Trafalgar Square. The sculpture featured a revolver with a knotted barrel created by Swedish artist Carl Fredrik Reutersward.
