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Events on Sunday 2 May 1982 1
1982Sinking of ARA General BelgranoBritish submarine sinks Argentine cruiserThe British submarine HMS Conqueror torpedoed the Argentine cruiser ARA General Belgrano outside the declared exclusion zone, killing 323 sailors. It remains the deadliest single incident of the Falklands War and one of its most controversial episodes.