12 April

102nd day of the year (103rd in leap year)

Days of the week
* Easter Sunday
 * Monday: 1965, 1971, 1976, 1982, 1993, 1999, 2004, 2010.
 * Tuesday: 1966, 1977, 1983, 1988, 1994, 2005, 2011, 2016.
 * Wednesday: 1967, 1972, 1978, 1989, 1995, 2000, 2006, 2017.
 * Thursday: 1973, 1979, 1984, 1990, 2001, 2007, 2012, 2018.
 * Friday: 1968, 1974, 1985, 1991, 1996, 2002, 2013, 2019.
 * Saturday: 1969, 1975, 1980, 1986, 1997, 2003, 2008, 2014.
 * Sunday: 1964, 1970, 1981, 1987, 1992, 1998*, 2009*, 2015.

Birthdays

 * Bobby Moore (b.1941, dec.), David Letterman (b.1947), Jeremy Beadle (b.1948, dec.), David Cassidy (b.1950, dec.), Will Sergeant (b.1958), Paul Nicholls (b.1979).

Events

 * 1961: Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin becomes the first person to orbit Earth (Vostok 1)
 * 1977: Citizen Smith first broadcast as a Comedy Special.
 * 1981: First Space Shuttle launched, 20 years after Gagarin's first orbit.
 * 1990: 1st meeting of East German democratically elected parliament, acknowledges responsibility for Nazi holocaust & asks for forgiveness.
 * 1992: Euro Disney (Disneyland Paris) opens in Marne-la-Vallee, France.

Top of the Pops
year (click for show details): Presenter(s). No.1 Artist - Song.
 * 1973: No show due to a BBC strike. Kenny Everett scheduled as host.
 * 1979: Peter Powell. Art Garfunkel – Bright Eyes
 * 1984: Richard Skinner & Dave Lee Travis. Lionel Richie - Hello.
 * 1990: Mark Goodier. Madonna - Vogue.
 * 2002: Sarah Cawood. Gareth Gates – Unchained Melody

Charts
year (click for full Official Chart), with no.1 single Artist - Song (new in bold).
 * 1977: ABBA - Knowing Me, Knowing You
 * 1983: David Bowie: Let's Dance
 * 1988: Pet Shop Boys: Heart
 * 1992: Right Said Fred - Deeply Dippy
 * 1998: RUN DMC - It's Like That
 * 2009: Calvin Harris - I'm Not Alone
 * 2015: Jess Glynne - Hold My Hand