May 2nd ephemeris: 45 years ago, Pink Floyd's song "Another Brick in the Wall" was banned in South Africa

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Saint Boris was killed in 1015, like his brother Saint Gleb, by their elder brother Sviatoplok, who refused to share the inheritance of their father Vladimir, the ruler of Russia at the time. The two brothers refused to defend themselves and forgave Sviatoplok. The Boris family is generous and thoughtful. Their color: purple. Their number: 9.

It happened on May 2nd

1869 Opening of the Folies Bergère in Paris. 1945 End of the Battle of Berlin, the last land battle of World War II in Europe. 1968 Beginning of the events of "May 68" in Paris, France.

1972 Death of J. Edgar Hoover, Director of the FBI. 1982 Following the Jaguar crash near Mérignac on April 26, Michel Sainte-Marie asks Charles Hernu to replace the Jaguars. 2011 Osama Bin Laden, the main leader of the terrorist organization Al-Qaeda and instigator of the attacks of September 11, 2001, is killed in a residence in Pakistan. by US Special Forces. 2018 The Basque separatist organization ETA announces the dissolution of all its structures and considers its political initiative over.

Serge Reggiani, singer (1922 – 2004), Hervé Bourges, French journalist (1933-2020), Paul Lederman, show producer (1940-2024), David Beckhman, footballer (1975), Lily Allen, English singer (1985).