ON APRIL 12...

IN 1606, the Union Jack, a mix of the flags of England and Scotland, was adopted as the official British flag.

IN 1945, Dr Robert Douglas McIntyre won the Motherwell by-election, becoming the first MP for the Scottish National Party.

IN 1961, Soviet astronaut Yuri Gagarin became the first man in space.

IN 1994, Chesty Love, an exotic dancer in the U.S., won a legal claim that breast implants were a bona-fide business expense.