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What happened in history on this day: May 2?
On May 2 in ...
- 1964 - The Beatles' "Second Album" goes #1 and stays #1 for for five weeks.
- 1968 - First performance of Roger Sessions' 8th Symphony.
- 1979 - 14th Academy of Country Music Awards: Kenny Rogers and Barbara Mandrell win.
- 1980 - The South African government bans the Pink Floyd song "Another Brick in the Wall (Part Two)". The song had been adopted as the anthem for black children who boycotted schools because of inferior education standards.
- 2023 - A US federal jury rules that singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran did not plagiarize Marvin Gaye.
Births on May 2
- 1900 - Birth of Helen Morgan; singer/actress (Applause, Frankie and Johnny).
- 1915 - Birth of Van Alexander in New York City, New York, USA; orchestra leader (Gordon MacRae Show).
- 1924 - Birth of Theodore Bikel; Austrian/American folk singer/actor (The Russians Are Coming, Another Day, Dynasty, Falcon Crest).
- 1933 - Birth of Bunk Gardner; rocker (Mothers Of Invention).
- 1935 - Birth of Link Wray; rocker (Link Wray and His Ray Men).
- 1936 - Birth of Michael Rabin in New York City, New York, USA; violinist (In Memorium).
- 1936 - Birth of Engelbert Humperdinck AKA Arnold George Dorsey in Madras, India; singer ("After The Lovin'", "Release Me", "Quando Quando Quando").
- 1944 - Birth of John Verity; rocker (Argent).
- 1945 - Birth of Robert Henrit; English pop drummer (Argent, The Kinks - "Waterloo Sunset").
- 1945 - Birth of Goldy McJohn; rocker (Steppenwolf).
- 1945 - Birth of Randy Cain; American soul singer (Four Gents, The Delfonics).
- 1946 - Birth of Lesley Gore in Tenafly, New Jersey, USA; singer ("It's My Party").
- 1948 - Birth of Larry Gatlin in Seminole, Texas, USA; country singer (Gatlin Brothers - "Broken Lady").
- 1950 - Birth of Lou Gramm in Rochester, New York, USA; rocker (Foreigner - "I Want to Know What Love Is").
- 1955 - Birth of Jay Osmond; rocker (Osmond Brothers).
- 1961 - Birth of Doctor Robert [Bruce R Howard]; rocker (Blow Monkeys - "Wicked Ways").
Deaths on May 2
- 2015 - Death of Maya Plisetskaya, Russian ballet dancer, choreographer, ballet director, and actress (born 1925).
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