What day of the week was April 12, 1980?

The day of the week April 12th, 1980 fell on was a Saturday.

Argo Aadli the Estonian actor was born on 12 April in 1980. As was Brian McFadden the Irish singer-songwriter (Westlife) , Erik Mongrain the Canadian guitarist and composer .

Clark McConachy the New Zealand snooker player (b. 1895) died on this day in 1980. As did William R. Tolbert the Jr., Liberian politician, 20th President of Liberia (b. 1913) .

Samuel Doe takes control of Liberia in a coup d'état the ending over 130 years of minority Americo-Liberian rule over the country. Terry Fox begins his "Marathon of Hope" at St. John's the Newfoundland.