| General Information for April 12th 2018 |
| There are 2 public holidays today. |
| Day 102 of 2018 |
| 263 days left in 2018 |
| Week 15 of the year |
| On this Day in History |
| 2002 - A female Palestinian suicide bomber kills seven people and injures 104 (among them nine Arabs) at the Mahane Yehuda Market in Jerusalem. |
| 1927 - The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland officially came into being. |
| 1874 - English footballer and cricketer William 'Fatty' Foulke is born in Darley, Shropshire. |
| 1861 - The American Civil War begins when Confederate forces fire on Fort Sumter, Charleston harbour, South Carolina. |