12 December

Birthdays

 * Frank Sinatra (b.1915, dec.), John Osborne (b.1929, dec.), Connie Francis (b.1937), Dionne Warwick (b.1940), Emerson Fittipaldi (b.1946), Bill Nighy (b.1949), Kate Humble (b.1968), Sophie Kinsella (b.1969),

Events

 * 1965: The Beatles' last UK concert
 * 1969: Milan bank bomb explosion
 * 1977: Saturday Night Fever premiere in New York
 * 1988: Clapham Junction rail crash; Rainman premiere in NY
 * 1992: The Royal Variety Performance
 * 2017: May survives no-confidence vote
 * 2019: UK General Election

Charts
as announced on this day, with no.1 single (new in bold). Click year for full chart.
 * 1971: Benny Hill - Ernie (The Fastest Milkman in The West) (2/4)
 * 1978: Boney M - Mary's Boy Child (2/4)
 * 1993: Take That - Babe (1/1)
 * 1999: Cliff Richard - Millennium Prayer (3/3)
 * 2004: Band Aid 20 - Do They Know It's Christmas (2/4)
 * 2010: Black Eyed Peas - The Time (Dirty Bit) (1/1)

Top of the Pops
host DJ and number one single. Click year for show details
 * 1968: JS. Scaffold – Lily The Pink.
 * 1974: JS. Barry White – You’re The First, The Last, My Everything.
 * 1985: Gary Davies & Janice Long. Whitney Houston – Saving All My Love For You.
 * 1991: Claudia Simon & Tony Dortie. George Michael & Elton John – Don’t Let The Sun Go Down On Me
 * 1997: Jo Whiley. Teletubbies – Teletubbies Say “Eh-Oh”.
 * 2003: Tim Kash. Will Young – Leave Right Now.

Stamps

 * none