- Birthday
- 1960
English singer-songwriter Tony Hadley was born. He rose to fame as the lead singer of the band Spandau Ballet (1979–1990, 2009–2017).
- Charts
- 1984
An English pop duo Wham! reached number one in the UK with "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go", the first single from their second album, "Make It Big".
- 1986
Whitney Houston started an eleven-week run at #1 in Australia with her self-titled debut album. The album produced six singles: "Thinking About You", "You Give Good Love", "All at Once", "Saving All My Love for You", "How Will I Know", and "Greatest Love of All"
- 1988
Guyanese-British singer Eddy Grant went to number one in Spain with "Gimme Hope Jo'anna" for fourteen non-consecutive weeks.
