Timeline Tuesday 31 May 1977

Events on Tuesday 31 May 1977 1

• 1977 The BBC bans "God Save the Queen" The Sex Pistols single blacklisted in Jubilee week The BBC imposed a total ban on airplay of the Sex Pistols' single, released to coincide with the Queen's Silver Jubilee. The Independent Broadcasting Authority followed, and several chains refused to stock it. The record reached number two on the official chart in Jubilee week -- and was widely believed to have been kept off the top spot deliberately.