featuring events, birthdays and anniversaries on this day through the years.

with Frank Partridge

Including this week's
Top 40 discs - your first chance to hear the new chart.

including at 5.30 Newsbeat with Frank Partridge From 6.0 Peter reviews the new Top 40 singles chart. He says, ' I play all the new entries, the high-climbers and the top three - important because they are the top best-selling singles in Britain. I think that the chart has never been so well reflected than now by what's being played on Radio 1. and the chart music today is more evenly balanced than before.'

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.
Producers DAVID WINTER and SUE DAVIES
If you or your school or club have strong views on any subject that needs a good airing, contact:
Talkabout. BBC Radio 1,
LondonW1A 4WW