02 May

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Birthdays

 * Janet James (b.1942), Judge Dread (b.1945, dec.), Jo Callis (b.1955), Lily Allen (b.1985), Princess Charlotte (b.2015).

Events

 * 1964: FA Cup Final at Wembley; The Beatles 'Second Album' goes to no.1 in the USA; Horizon on BBC 2.
 * 1979: Quadrophenia premieres in London.
 * 1982: General Belgrano sunk by British submarine Conqueror in the Falklands War killing more than 350 men.
 * 1983: BBC One begin broadcasting pages from Ceefax during all daytime programme breaks.
 * 1989: The Stone Roses release eponymous debut album
 * 2011: Osama bin Laden killed by US special forces in Abbottabad, Pakistan.
 * 2016: Leicester City win the English Premier League title.

Top of the Pops
year (click for show details): Presenter(s). No.1 Artist - Song.
 * 1968: Alan Freeman & Alan Price. Louis Armstrong - What a Wonderful World.
 * 1974: JS. ABBA - Waterloo.
 * 1985: Richard Skinner & Mike Smith. Phyllis Nelson - Move Closer.
 * 1991: Simon Mayo. Cher - The Shoop Shoop Song (It’s In His Kiss).
 * 1996: Michelle Gayle. George Michael - Fastlove.
 * 1997: Cathy Dennis. Michael Jackson - Blood on the Dancefloor.
 * 2003: Richard Bacon & Gail Porter . Busted - You Said No

Charts
year (click for full chart), with no.1 single (new in bold)
 * 1971: Dave & Ansell Collins - Double Barrel (2/2)
 * 1978: announced 03 May due to Bank Holiday
 * 1993: George Michael and Queen with Lisa Stansfield - Five Live EP (2/3)
 * 1999: Westlife - Swear It Again (2/2)
 * 2004: Eamon - F**k It (I Don't Want You Back) (3/4)
 * 2010: Roll Deep - Good Times (1/3)