1964 - Roy Orbison
Roy Orbison was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with Its Over, his second UK No.1. Orbison was the first American artist to score a UK No.1 in the past 47 weeks.

1969 - Elton John
The Hollies recorded He Aint Heavy, Hes My Brother. The ballad was written by Bobby Scott and Bob Russell (who was dying of cancer of the lymph nodes). The pair met in person only three times, but managed to collaborate on the song. The track which features Elton John on piano was re-released in late 1988 in the UK following its use in a television advertisement for Miller Lite beer, where it reached No.1.

1977 - Marvin Gaye
Marvin Gaye went to No.1 on the US singles chart with Got To Give It Up, his third US No.1.

1984 - Prince
Prince released his sixth studio album Purple Rain the first to feature his band the Revolution, and the soundtrack to the 1984 film of the same name. The first two singles from the album, When Doves Cry and Lets Go Crazy, topped the US singles charts, and were hits around the world, while the title track went to No.2 on the Billboard Hot 100.

1994 - Glastonbury Festival
Five people attending this years UK Glastonbury Festival were shot and injured when a lone madman pulled a gun and started shooting into the crowd.

2004 - DMX
Rapper DMX was arrested on charges that he and another man tried to steal a car from New Yorks Kennedy airport. DMX - real name is Earl Simmons - and Jackie Hudgins were held after the citys Port Authority police interrupted a dispute. The pair were arrested on charges of attempted robbery, criminal impersonation and criminal mischief. A spokesman said a preliminary investigation indicated that Mr Simmons may have identified himself as a federal agent.

2014 - Iggy Pop
Amnesty International apologised to Iggy Pop after it had used an image of the singer in its latest anti-torture campaign without the singers permission. The Belgian advert featured the Stooges frontmans face bloodied and beaten, quoting him as saying Justin Bieber was the future of rock and roll and the slogan: Torture a man and he will tell you anything.

2019 - Pink
A fan who went into labour at Pink’s concert in Liverpool, England successfully gave birth at the venue – and named the newborn after the pop star herself. Two medics, who were on duty as crowd doctors, took the fan to the stadium’s first aid room, where they delivered the baby.

2021 - Måneskin
Rock group MÃ¥neskin, winners of the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest, became the first act from Italy to have two singles in the top-ten of the UK Singles Chart simultaneously with I Wanna Be Your Slave at No.6 and Beggin (a cover of the 1967 song by Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons) at No. 10.