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Khaldoon Al Mubarak | N/A | ... that new Manchester City F.C. chairman Khaldoon Al Mubarak was also the man who negotiated the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix's inclusion in the 2009 Formula One season? | 27 September 2008 | 231, DYK C N |
Teatro del Silenzio | N/A | ... that the Teatro del Silenzio is an open air amphitheatre in Italy which remains silent for 364 days of the year? | 18 October 2008 | 232, DYK C N |
Other BBC Sports Personality of the Year Awards | ... that when Muhammad Ali (pictured) won the BBC's Sports Personality of the Century Award he received more votes than the other candidates put together? | 20 January 2009 | 239, DYK C N | |
BBC Sports Personality of the Year Helen Rollason Award | N/A | ... that Michael Watson took six days to complete the London Marathon in 2003, an achievement that won him the BBC Sports Personality of the Year Helen Rollason Award that year? | 2 February 2009 | 240, DYK x5 N |
Marion Coakes | N/A | ... that former Olympic show jumper Marion Coakes won a silver medal on a pony and learned to ride on a donkey? | 26 June 2009 | 245, DYK C N |
Anglo-Italian Cup | N/A | ... that in the initial Anglo-Italian Cup football tournaments, one point was awarded for every goal scored? | 5 September 2009 | 248, DYK x5 N |
Music on The O.C. | N/A | ... that music on The O.C. included world premieres of singles by the Beastie Boys, Gwen Stefani and U2? | 14 September 2009 | 248, DYK C N |
Heather Watson | N/A | ... that 2009 US Open girls' singles champion Heather Watson was the 2008 Commonwealth Youth Games tennis gold-medalist? | 15 September 2009 | 248, DYK C N |
Gigi Peronace | N/A | ... that Italian Gigi Peronace has been described as the first football agent in England? | 19 September 2009 | 248, DYK C N |
Administration (British football) | N/A | ... that English football clubs entering administration have fewer points deducted in the Premier League than in the Football League because they play fewer games? | 10 March 2010 | 254, DYK C N |
List of Record Mirror number-one singles | N/A | ... that Dean Martin's song "The Naughty Lady of Shady Lane" was a number-one in the United Kingdom but is omitted by the UK Singles Chart? | 30 May 2010 | Archive, DYK C N |
List of number-one singles from the 1950s (UK) | N/A | ... that Frankie Laine's song, "I Believe", spent eighteen weeks as a UK number-one single in the 1950s? | 4 August 2010 | Archive, DYK x5 N |
List of Mersey Beat number-one singles | N/A | ... that although Mersey Beat and Top of the Pops placed The Rolling Stones' "19th Nervous Breakdown" at the top of their charts, it is not officially recognised as a number one hit in the United Kingdom? | 11 August 2010 | Archive, DYK C N |
List of NME number-one singles from the 1960s | N/A | ... that "Please Please Me" is, arguably, The Beatles' first number-one single? | 19 August 2010 | Archive, DYK C N |
List of number-one singles from the 1960s (UK) | ... that The Beatles (pictured) had 17 number-one singles during the 1960s in the United Kingdom? | 20 August 2010 | Archive, DYK x5 N | |
List of NME number-one singles from the 1970s | N/A | ... that the NME chart placed the Sex Pistols' "God Save the Queen" at number one even though the song was banned by some major retailers? | 8 September 2010 | Archive, DYK C N |
List of NME number-one singles from the 1980s | N/A | ... that Elton John had a number one in the 1980s with "Nikita"? | 15 September 2010 | Archive, DYK C N |
The West Wing (season 7) | N/A | ... that the seventh season of The West Wing featured a live television episode that was broadcast twice for the East and West Coasts of the United States? | 30 September 2010 | Archive, DYK x5 N |
List of Top Pops number-one singles | N/A | ... that the Top Pops chart, which ran for less than three years, had 15 number-one singles that failed to top the official UK Singles Chart? | 17 October 2010 | Archive, DYK C N |
List of Fab 40 number-one singles | N/A | ... that The Hollies had seven number-one singles on Wonderful Radio London's Fab 40 chart, six of which failed to top the UK Singles Chart in the 1960s? | 19 October 2010 | Archive, DYK C N |
The West Wing (season 6) | N/A | ... that producers for the sixth season of The West Wing originally cast Marley Shelton as Deputy Press Secretary Annabeth Schott? | 19 October 2010 | Archive, DYK C N |
List of UK charts and number-one singles (1952–1969) | N/A | ... that due of a lack of an official UK Singles Chart before 1969 the BBC averaged four different charts in the early 1960s, none of which are now regarded as the canonical source? | 3 November 2010 | Archive, DYK C N |
List of number-one EPs (UK)
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N/A | ... that the extended play Hits by The Beach Boys spent 34 weeks at number-one in the EP chart? | 13 November 2010 | Archive, DYK C N |
The Shadows (EP)
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N/A | ... that the eponymous extended play by The Shadows, The Shadows to the Fore, Spotlight on The Shadows and The Boys all were number-one EPs in the UK? | 16 November 2010 | Archive, DYK C N |
List of singles which have sold more than one million copies in the UK | N/A | ... that Leona Lewis's "Bleeding Love" is the most recent of 103 million-selling singles in the UK? | 19 November 2010 | Archive, DYK C N |
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