6 September 2026
► EVENTS ON THIS DATE, 6 SEPTEMBER;
On this day in 1666, The Great Fire of London ended, with over 13,000 buildings, including the original St Paul’s Cathedral, destroyed.
The blaze had started four days previously in a bakery in Pudding Lane, and spread rapidly. It left 70,000 of the city’s 80,000 people homeless and although very few deaths were confirmed, many are likely to have been unrecorded as the intensity of the fire would have left little of it’s victims.
1859, Brisbane was declared the capital of Queensland.
1933, Melbourne Victoria – The City Coroner, investigating the death of a young woman who had been struck by a car during a storm, declared that all cars should have windscreen wipers. A new regulation to this effect was drafted.
1954, Farnborough, Hampshire, England – Rolls Royce announced it had developed a jet aircraft which took off vertically. This unconventional machine was nick-named The Flying Bedstead.
1983, The Soviet Union admitted to shooting down a Boeing 747 of Korean Airlines, stating that the pilots did not know it was a civilian aircraft when it violated Soviet airspace.
Today’s photo: The Gordon River, western Tasmania.
Today’s Playlist :
| TRACK | RELEASE YEAR | PLAY TIME | PREVIOUS PLAYS |
| Kevin Sullivan – Our Piece Of The Map | 2026 | 06:07 | 1 |
| Hazel & The Thief – It’s Where I Belong | 2026 | 06:12 | 1 |
| Christine Clifford – There Goes My Truck | 2026 | 06:15 | 1 |
| For A Listener: Rod Stewart – Rhythm Of My Heart | 06:21 | 13 | |
| Vintage Vinyl + Dean Martin – Watching The World Go By | 1956 | 06:25 | – |
| + Burl Ives – That’s My Heartstrings | 1956 | 06:27 | 2 |
| Martin Bottcher & His Orchestra – Hey Jude | 06:32 | 2 | |
| Ray Malcolm – Wonderful Tonight | 2026 | 06:36 | 1 |
| Jackie Trent – Where Are You Now (My Love) Yvonne Burgess, alias Jackie Trent, was born in Newcastle-Under-Lyme, Staffordshire, England in 1940. Died 2015 | 1965 | 06:41 | 7 |
| Dean Perrett & Jeff Brown – Home Again | 2026 | 06:41 | 1 |
| Joy Adams – Let’s Make A Memory | 2026 | 06:49 | 3 |
| Musical Partners + Slim Dusty – The Pub With No Beer | 1958 | 06:54 | 15 |
| + Slim Dusty – Answer To The Pub With No Beer | 1958 | 06:57 | 12 |
| Nancy Muller – A Fool Such As I | 2026 | 07:06 | 2 |
| Elisa Bartoli & Steven Vitali – Hurt Me So And Lie | 2026 | 07:10 | 1 |
| Renee & Renato – Volare | 07:14 | 6 | |
| Glen Dee – Give Your Dad A Hug | 07:18 | 1 | |
| For A Listener: Ray Kernaghan – Hello Love | 1963 | 07:24 | – |
| Sound of the 70s + Max Bygraves – Any Dream Will Do | 1973 | 07:27 | 13 |
| + Freddy Fender – Before The Next Teardrop Falls | 1975 | 07:30 | 14 |
| Australian National Concert Orchestra – Blue On Blue | 07:35 | 1 | |
| Andrew Dean and The Farm Machine – Find A Way | 2026 | 07:40 | – |
| Andersonlane – Easier To Live | 2026 | 07:44 | 3 |
| Diamond 45 Charting on this day 1966 + Supremes – You Can’t Hurry Love | 1966 | 07:50 | 4 |
| + David & Jonathan – Lovers Of The World | 1966 | 07:52 | 3 |
| Jean Jacques Perrey – Visa To The Stars | 07:57 | 6 | |
| Anna Vardy – I Ain’t Ready | 2026 | 08:05 | 1 |
| For A Listener: Roy Orbison – Pretty Woman | 1964 | 08:10 | 24 |
| COMFORT ZONE + Bobby Darin – More | 08:14 | 2 | |
| + Tommy Dorsey Orchestra & Frank Sinatra – Blue Skies | 08:17 | 1 | |
| Rachel Jillett – My Shoes Keep Walking Back To You | 08:22 | – | |
| Tracy Coster – I’m Not Over You | 08:27 | – | |
| Eric Jupp & His Orchestra – Frenesi | 08:34 | 5 | |
| Diamond 45 – Charting on this day 1966 + Roy Orbison – Too Soon To Know | 1966 | 08:37 | 6 |
| + Judy Stone – Born A Woman | 1966 | 08:40 | 2 |
| Tears For Fears – Everybody Wants To Rule The World | 1985 | 08:43 | 5 |
| David McCaffrey – Walk of Life | 08;47 | 11 | |
| Shaza Leigh – Our Father’s Choice | 08:47 | 1 | |
| Alex Hppd – Thirteen Million People | 08:50 | 1 |