24 April

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Days of the Week
click year for specific date * Easter Sunday (last 1859, 2095)
 * Monday: 1967, 1972, 1978, 1989, 1995, 2000, 2006, 2017.
 * Tuesday: 1973, 1979, 1984, 1990, 2001, 2007, 2012, 2018.
 * Wednesday: 1968, 1974, 1985, 1991, 1996, 2002, 2013.
 * Thursday: 1969, 1975, 1980, 1986, 1997, 2003, 2008, 2014.
 * Friday: 1964, 1970, 1981, 1987, 1992, 1998, 2009, 2015.
 * Saturday: 1965, 1971, 1976, 1982, 1993, 1999, 2004, 2010.
 * Sunday: 1966, 1977, 1983, 1988, 1994, 2005, 2011*, 2016.

Birthdays

 * Barbra Streisand (b. 1942), Tony Visconti (b.1944), Captain Sensible (1954), Paula Yates (b.1960, dec.), Kelly Clarkson (b.1982).

Events

 * 1982: 27th Eurovision Song Contest in Harrogate, UK.
 * 1986: Wallis Simpson dies, aged 89.
 * 1987: Final edition of The Tube.
 * 1990: West & East Germany agree to merge currency & economies on 01 July.
 * 1993: an IRA bomb explodes in Bishopsgate in London's financial district
 * 1994: Bomb attack in centre of Johannesburg.
 * 2005: Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger is inaugurated as the 265th Pope of the Roman Catholic Church, becoming Pope Benedict XVI.
 * 2018: US President Donald Trump hosts his first state dinner for visiting French President Emmanuel Macron.

Top of the Pops
year (click for show details): Presenter(s). No.1 Artist - Song.
 * 1969: Pete Murray. The Beatles & Billy Preston - Get Back
 * 1975: Ed Stewart. Bay City Rollers - Bye Bye Baby
 * 1980: Steve Wright. Blondie - Call Me.
 * 1986: Janice Long & Dixie Peach. George Michael - A Different Corner.
 * 1998: Jayne Middlemiss. RUN D.M.C. versus Jason Nevins - It’s Like That

Charts
year (click for full chart), with no.1 single (new in bold)


 * 1973: Dawn ft Tony Orlando - Tie A Yellow Ribbon.(2/4)
 * 1979: Art Garfunkel - Bright Eyes (3/6)
 * 1984: Lionel Richie - Hello (6/6)Theme from S Express
 * 1988: S-Express - Theme from S-Express (1/2)
 * 1994: Prince - The Most Beautiful Girl in the World (2/2)
 * 2005: Tony Christie Peter Kay - Amarillo (6/7)
 * 2011: LMFAO - Party Anthem (2/4)