P117 BEEBFAX 122 Thu 31 Dec --:--/--                                      * 1 May - Falklands War: Operation  Black Buck- A Royal Air Force Vulcan  bomber takes off from Ascension Island  and bombs Port Stanley Airport.  * 2 May - Falklands War: The nuclear  submarine HMS Conqueror sinks the  Argentine cruiser General Belgrano.  * 4 May - Falklands War: The Type 42  Destroyer, HMS Sheffield, is badly  damaged by an Exocet missile. It sinks  on 10 May.  * 5 May - "A Little Peace" by Nicole  becomes the 500th UK No.1 single.     100-Contents 101-Headlines   Next       Prev       Home        End