12 April

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

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.
 * 1984: Electronic Office (ns, BBC1)
 * 1985: C.A.T.S. Eyes (ns, ITV), Friday Zone (ns, C4)
 * 1989: Sporting Triangles, No Strings (both ns, ITV)
 * 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.
 * 2020: RIP Tim Brooke-Taylor
 * 2021: Pubs, restaurants, hairdressers re-open.

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).
 * 1970: Dana - All Kinds of Everything (1/2)
 * 1977: ABBA - Knowing Me, Knowing You (3/5)
 * 1983: David Bowie: Let's Dance (2/3)
 * 1992: Right Said Fred - Deeply Dippy (1/3)
 * 1998: RUN DMC - It's Like That (5/6)
 * 2009: Calvin Harris - I'm Not Alone (1/2)
 * 2015: Jess Glynne - Hold My Hand (3/3)
 * 2019: Lewis Capaldi - Someone You Loved (7/7)