featuring events, birthdays and anniversaries on this day through the years.
Today on the Feast of St Blaise Sir Francis
Drake landed at Panama; Felix Mendelssohn. Dave Davies of The Kinks and Melanie were born: and the day the music died, Buddy Holly was killed in an aircrash.

with Frank Partridge

including this week's new Top 40 discs

with five 4.;s at 5.45 and at 6.0 Peter reviews the new Top 40 singles chart including at 5.30 Newsbeat with Frank Partridge

Adrian Love chairs Radio l's open forum - an opportunity for schools and clubs to choose a subject, provide a panel and pick the programme's music.
Add a couple of invited 1 experts ' and the comments of the chairman, and the result is an hour's uninhibited argument interspersed only by debut performances of four or five young DJS.
Producers DAVID WINTER and SUE DAVIES
If you or your school or club have strong views on any subject that needs a flood airing, contact
Talkabout, BBC Radio 1, Lundon W1A 4WW