21 April

111/365; 112/366

Birthdays

 * HRH Queen Elizabeth II (b.1926), Iggy Pop (b.1947), Robert Smith (b.1959).

Events

 * 1964: BBC Two begins transmissions
 * 1983: 1 pound coin introduced in United Kingdom.
 * 1986: HRH Queen Elizabeth II 60th birthday.
 * 2016: RIP Prince; Queen Elizabeth II 90th birthday

Charts
year (click for date), with no.1 single (new in bold) * 14 week run interrupted only the previous week by Harry Styles - Sign of the Times
 * 1966: Spencer Davis Group - Somebody Help Me (2/2)
 * 1981: Bucks Fizz - Making Your Mind Up (2/3)
 * 1991: Chesney Hawkes - The One and Only (5/5)
 * 1996: Mark Morrison - Return of the Mack (2/2)
 * 2002: Oasis - The Hindu Times (1/1)
 * 2013: Rudimental - Waiting All Night (1/1)
 * 2017: Ed Sheeran - Shape of You (14/14 nc.)*

Stamps

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