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April 2

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April 2 is the 92nd day of the year(93rd inleap years) in theGregorian calendar.There are 273 days remaining until the end of the year.

Events

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Up to 1900

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999–Pope Sylvester II is elected.
1285–Pope Martin IV is elected.
1453– TheOttoman Empire'sSultan Mehmed II begins theSiege of Constantinople.
1513–Florida is sighted by aEuropean for the first time.
1744– The first officialgolf tournament is held inLeith, nearEdinburgh,Scotland.
1783–The Duke of Portland replacesthe Earl of Shelburne asPrime Minister of Great Britain.
1800–Ludwig van Beethoven leads the premiere of his First Symphony.
1801– British forces underHoratio Nelson defeatDenmark in the navalBattle of Copenhagen.
1814– TheFrench senate declaresNapoleon Bonaparte removed from power.
1845–Armand Hippolyte Louis Fizeau andJean Bernard Leon Foucault take the firstphotograph of theSun.
1851–Mongkut (Rama IV) is crownedKing ofSiam.
1865–American Civil War:Jefferson Davis and his cabinet flee Richmond,Virginia.
1865–American Civil War: TheSiege of Petersburg is broken, as Union troops capture the trenches aroundPetersburg, Virginia.
1885–Cree warriors attack the village of Frog Lake inCanada'sNorthwest Territories, killing 9 people.
1900– TheUnited States Congress passes the Foraker Act, givingPuerto Rico limited self–rule.

1901– 2000

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1902– The Electric Theater, the first full–timemovie theater in theUS, opens inLos Angeles,California.
1911–Australia's first census is held.
1912– The ill-fatedRMS Titanic beginssea trials.
1917–Woodrow Wilson asks US Congress for war withGermany.
1921– TheAutonomous Government of Khorasan, amilitary government covering present–dayIran, is created.
1930–Haile Selassie becomesEmperor of Ethiopia.
1932–Charles Lindbergh paid a $50,000ransom for the return of hiskidnapped son.
1943– OffBermuda, the BritishshipMelbourne Star is torpedoed by the German U–boat U 129. It explodes and sinks within twominutes, killing 114 people.
1945– TheSoviet Union andBrazil establish diplomatic relations.
1962– Inroad use, the first officialPanda crossing is opened outsideWaterloo station inLondon.
1972–Charlie Chaplin returns to theUnited States for the first time since being labeled as aCommunist during the Red Scare of the 1950s.
1974– TheWestfalenstadion stadium inDortmund is opened. It is currently the home of theBorussia Dortmund football team, and hosts international matches.
1975–Vietnam War: Thousands of civilianrefugees flee from the Quang NgaiProvince in front of advancingNorth Vietnamese forces.
1975– The CN Tower inToronto is completed.
1978– Thetelevision showDallas is shown for the first time.
1982– TheFalklands War begins, as Argentine forces invade.
1984–Rakesh Sharma becomes the firstIndian inspace on board the Soyuz T–11.
1989–Soviet leaderMikhail Gorbachev arrives inHavana,Cuba, for talks withFidel Castro in an attempt to mend strained relations.
1991– The eruption of theMount Pinatubo in thePhilippines begins.
1991–Rita Johnston becomes the first femalePremier of a Canadianprovince, inBritish Columbia.
1992– Mafia bossJohn Gotti is convicted of murder and racketeering.
1998– Former French ministerMaurice Papon is found guilty ofwar crimes over the deportation of more than 1,700Jews duringWorld War II.

From 2001

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2004– Spanish police prevent an attempt byIslamist terrorists to blow up a high speed train nearMadrid.
2005–Pope John Paul II dies at the age of 84 years, after more than 26 years as Pope.
2006– 60tornadoes break out in theUnited States.Tennessee is the worst affected with 29 people killed.
2007– A magnitude 8.1earthquake hits theSolomon Islands, with resultingtsunamis destroying villages, killing 52 people, and making 5,000 homeless.
2011–India wins theCricket World Cup for the second time.
2012–President ofHungary Pal Schmitt resigns after losing his doctorate in aPlagiarism scandal.
2013– Majorflooding affectsBuenos Aires andLa Plata inArgentina, killing 62 people.
2015– A trawler sinks in theSea of Okhotsk, west ofRussia's far–easternKamchatka Peninsula, killing at least 50 sailors on board.
2015–Al-Shabaab militants attack auniversity inGarissa,Kenya, killing 147 people.
2019–Abdelaziz Bouteflika resigns asPresident ofAlgeria with immediate effect, ending his almost–20–year Presidency, after several weeks of protests.
2019–Lori Lightfoot is electedMayor of Chicago, making her the first African American Lesbian woman chosen to govern a major city in theUnited States.

Births

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Up to 1900

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742–Charlemagne (d.814)
1527–Abraham Ortelius,Flemish mapmaker (d.1598)
1545–Elisabeth of Valois, French princess andQueen ofSpain (d.1568)
1565–Cornelis de Houtman, Dutchexplorer (d.1599)
1614–Jahanara Begum Sahib, Imperial princess and daughter ofShah Jahan andMumtaz Mahal (d.1681)
1618–Francesco Maria Grimaldi, Italianmathematician andphysicist (d.1663)
1647–Maria Sibylla Merian, Germanbotanist (d.1717)
1653–Prince George of Denmark (d.1708)
1719–Johann Wilhelm Ludwig Gleim, Germanpoet (d.1803)
1725–Giacomo Casanova,Italian writer (d.1798)
1745–Richard Bassett,Governor ofDelaware (d.1815)
1788–Francisco Balagtas, Filipino poet (d.1862)
1788–Wilhelmine Reichard, first female Germanballoonist (d.1848)
1791–David Henshaw, 14thUnited States Secretary of the Navy (d.1852)
1792–Francisco de Paula Santander, Colombiangeneral andpolitician (d.1840)
1798–Hoffmann von Fallersleben,German poet (d.1874)
1805–Hans Christian Andersen,Danish writer and poet (d.1875)
1814–Erastus Brigham Bigelow, Americaninventor (d.1879)
1826–George II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen (d.1914)
1827–William Holman Hunt, English painter (d.1910)
1838–Léon Gambetta, Frenchstatesman (d.1882)
1840–Émile Zola,French writer (d.1902)
1841–Clement Ader, Frenchaviation pioneer (d.1926)
1852–Frederick B. Fancher,Governor ofNorth Dakota (d.1944)
1862–Nicholas Murray Butler, Americanphilosopher,diplomat and educator (d.1947)
1863–William Adamson, Scottishtrade union leader and politician (d.1936)
1867–Eugen Sandow, German bodybuilder andcircus performer (d.1925)
1869–Hughie Jennings, Americanbaseball player (d.1928)
1875–Walter Chrysler, Americanautomobile pioneer (d.1940)
1891–Max Ernst, German painter (d.1976)
1891–Jack Buchanan, Scottishactor,singer,director andproducer (d.1957)
1898–Harindranath Chatoopadhyay, Indianpoet,actor andpolitician (d.1990)
1899–Heinrich Rau, German politician (d.1961)
1900–Robert Arlt, Argentine writer (d.1942)

1901– 1950

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1906–Dan K. Moore,Governor ofNorth Carolina (d.1986)
1907–Luke Appling, Americanbaseball player (d.1991)
1912–Herbert Mills, American singer (d.1989)
1914–Alec Guinness,English actor (d.2000)
1916–Oleg Lundstrem, Russianjazz composer and conductor (d.2005)
1917–Dabbs Greer, American actor (d.2007)
1919–Delfo Cabrera, Argentine long–distance runner (d.1981)
1920–Jack Webb, American actor, director and producer (d.1982)
1922–John C. Whitehead, American banker and politician (d.2015)
1923–Gloria Henry, American actress
1923–G. Spencer-Brown, Englishpolymath (d.2016)
1925–George MacDonald Fraser, British writer (d.2008)
1925–Hans Rosenthal, Germanradio andtelevision presenter (d.1987)
1926–Jack Brabham, Australian racing driver (d.2014)
1927–Carmen Basilio,American boxer (d.2012)
1927–Ferenc Puskas, Hungarianfootballer (d.2006)
1927–Rembert Weakland, formerArchbishop ofMilwaukee
1927–Howard H. Callaway, American politician (d.2014)
1927–Ken Sansom, American actor (d.2012)
1927–Billy Pierce, Americanbaseball player (d.2015)
1927–Rita Gam, Americanactress (d.2016)
1928–Joseph Bernardin, Americancardinal (d.1996)
1928–Cheikh Hamidou Kane, Senegalese writer
1928–Serge Gainsbourg, French singer,songwriter, actor and director (d.1991)
1929–Hans Koschnick, German politician (d.2016)
1932–Edward Egan, AmericanRoman Catholic cardinal and formerArchbishop ofNew York City (d.2015)
1933–György Konrád, Hungarian writer (d.2019)
1934–Richard Portman, American sound engineer (d.2017)
1934–Carl Kasell, American radio journalist and quiz show judge (d.2018)
1936–Shaul Ladany, Israeli Olympic race walker
1936–Cynthia Lynn, American actress (d.2014)
1938–John Larsson, Swedish 17thGeneral of theSalvation Army
1938–Booker Little, Americantrumpeter andcomposer (d.1961)
1939–Marvin Gaye, Americansinger (d.1984)
1939–Lise Thibault,Quebec politician
1940–Penelope Keith, British actress
1940–Donald Jackson, Canadian figure skater
1940–Mike Hailwood, Englishmotorcycle racer and racing driver (d.1981)
1941–Dr. Demento, Americanradio presenter
1942–Leon Russell, Americanpianist andconductor (d.2016)
1942–Roshan Seth, Indian–English actor
1943–Tom Polanic, Canadianice hockey player (d.2019)
1944–Francisco Massiani, Venezuelan writer and painter (d.2019)
1945–Don Sutton, Americanbaseball player
1945–Linda Hunt, American actress
1946–Sue Townsend, Englishnovelist (d.2014)
1946–Kurt Winter, Canadianguitarist (d.1997)
1947–Emmylou Harris, American singer
1947–Camille Paglia, American author
1947–Tua Forsström, Finnish writer
1947–Paquita la del Barrio, Mexican singer
1948–Bob Lienhard, Americanbasketball player (d.2018)
1949–Paul Gambaccini, American–British radio and television presenter

1951– 1975

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1952–Leon Wilkeson, American musician (Lynyrd Skynyrd) (d.2001)
1953–Krzysztof Krauze, Polishmovie director,cinematographer andactor (d.2014)
1954–Gregory Abbott, Americansinger-songwriter andproducer
1954–Donald Petrie, Americandirector
1957–Barbara Jordan, Americantennis player
1959–David Frankel, Americandirector,screenwriter andproducer
1959–Badou Ezzaki, Moroccanfootballer andcoach
1959–Juha Kankkunen, Finnish rally driver
1960–Linford Christie, Britishathlete
1961–Christopher Meloni, American actor
1961–Keren Woodward, British singer (Bananarama)
1962–Pierre Carles, Frenchdirector andproducer
1962–Clark Gregg, Americanactor,director andscreenwriter
1963–Shane Barbi andSia Barbi, American models, writers and animal rights activists
1963–Mike Gascoyne, British engineer
1965–Rodney King, American victim ofpolice brutality (d.2012)
1965–David Gamkrelidze, Georgian politician
1966–Teddy Sheringham, Englishfootballer
1967–Greg Camp, American musician
1967–Renée Estevez, American actress
1969–Ajay Devgan, Indian actor, director and producer
1971–Todd Woodbridge, Australiantennis player
1971–Edmundo, Brazilian footballer
1971–Zeebra,Japanese rapper
1973–Tine Wittler, German actress and writer
1975–Adam Rodriguez, American actor

From 1976

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1977–Michael Fassbender, German–Irish actor
1977–Annett Louisan, German singer
1977–Aiden Turner, British actor
1977–Nicki Pedersen, Danishspeedway rider
1978–Grisella Siciliani, Argentineactress andsinger
1979–Lindy Booth, Canadian actress
1979–Jesse Carmichael, American musician (Maroon 5)
1980–Carlos Salcido, Mexicanfootballer
1980–Adam Fleming, Scottishjournalist
1981–Michael Clarke,Australian cricketer
1981–Kapil Sharma, Indian comedian
1981–Bethany Joy Lenz, American actress, singer and filmmaker
1982–Marco Amelia, Italianfootballer
1982–David Ferrer, Spanishtennis player
1982–Jack Evans, Americanprofessional wrestler
1983–Felix Borja,Ecuadorean footballer
1983–Arthur Boka,Ivory Coast footballer
1983–Laura Carmine Puerto, Puerto Rican–Mexican actress
1983–Paul Capdeville, Chileantennis player
1984–Meryl Cassie, South African–New Zealand actress
1985–Gordon Aikman, ScottishALS campaigner (d.2017)
1985–Thom Evans, Scottishrugby player
1985–Stéphane Lambiel, Swissfigure skater
1986–Ibrahim Afellay, Dutchfootballer
1986–Lee DeWyze, American singer
1986–Drew Van Acker, American actor
1986–R3hab, DutchDJ and record producer
1987–Molly Smitten-Downes, English singer
1987–Dalma Maradona, Argentine actress
1988–Francesca Catalano, American actress
1990–Yevgeniya Kanayeva, Russian gymnast
1990–Miralem Pjanic,footballer fromBosnia and Herzegovina
1993–Aaron Kelly, American singer
1993–Bruno Zuculini, Argentinefootballer

Deaths

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Up to 1900

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1118–Baldwin I of Jerusalem (b.1058)
1305–Joan I of Navarre (b.1273)
1506– PrinceArthur Tudor ofEngland (b.1486)
1507–Francis of Paola, Italian friar andsaint (b.1416)
1640–Maciej Kazimierz Sarbiewski, Polish writer and poet (b.1595)
1657–Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor (b.1608)
1709–Giovanni Battista Gaulli, Italian painter (b.1639)
1720–Joseph Dudley, EnglishGovernor ofMassachusetts (b.1647)
1742–James Douglas, Scottishphysician andanatomist (b.1675)
1791–Henri Gabriel Riqueti, Frenchstatesman (b.1749)
1803–Sir James Montgomery, 1st Baronet, Scottish politician and judge (b.1721)
1817–Johann Heinrich Jung, German writer (b.1740)
1827–Ludwig Heinrich Bojanus, Germanphysician andnaturalist (b.1776)
1872–Samuel F. B. Morse, American inventor (b.1791)
1894–Achille Vianelli, Italian painter (b.1803)

1901– 2000

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1914–Paul Johann Ludwig von Heyse, German writer (b.1830)
1922–Hermann Rorschach, Swisspsychologist (b.1884)
1928–Theodore William Richards, Americanchemist (b.1868)
1930– EmpressZauditu ofEthiopia (b.1876)
1933–Ranjitsinhji, Indiancricketer (b.1872)
1948–Sabahattin Ali, Turkishnovelist,writer,poet andjournalist (b.1907)
1951–Simon Barere,Russian pianist (b.1896)
1958–Tudor Davies, Welshoperatic tenor (b.1892)
1972–Gil Hodges, Americanbaseball player and manager (b.1924)
1972–Toshitsugu Takamatsu, Japanesemartial arts grandmaster (b.1887)
1974–Georges Pompidou,President of France (b.1911)
1987–Buddy Rich, Americanjazz drummer andbandleader (b.1917)
1992–Juan Gomez Gonzalez, Spanishfootballer (b.1954)
1994–Betty Furness, American actress (b.1916)
1995–Hannes Alfvén, Swedishphysicist (b.1908)
1998–Rob Pilatus, American model, dancer and singer (b.1965)

From 2001

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2001–Jennifer Syme, American actress (b.1972)
2005–Pope John Paul II (b.1920)
2006–Nina von Stauffenberg, widow ofClaus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg (b.1914)
2007–Paul Reed, American actor (b.1909)
2012–Elizabeth Catlett, American–Mexican artist and sculptor (b.1915)
2013–Jesus Franco, Spanishmovie director,writer,cinematographer andactor (b.1930)
2013–Jane Henson, American puppeteer and voice actress (b.1934)
2013–Milo O'Shea, Irish–American actor (b.1926)
2013–Maria Redaelli, Italiansupercentenarian (b.1899)
2014–Urs Widmer, Swiss writer (b.1938)
2014–Carl Epting Mundy, Jr., Americanmilitary officer (b.1935)
2014–Richard Brick, Americanmovie producer (b.1945)
2014–Glyn Jones, South African actor, writer and director (b.1931)
2014–Lucy Hood, Americantelevision executive (b.1958)
2014–Consuelo Moure, Colombianactress (b.1947)
2014–Joseph Willaert, Belgian painter (b.1936)
2015–Luis Delgado Aparicio, Peruvianpolitician (b.1940)
2015–Manoel de Oliveira, Portuguesemovie director andscreenwriter (b.1908)
2015–Rudolph R. Perz, American advertising executive (b.1925)
2015–Olga Sawicka, Polishdancer andchoreographer (b.1932)
2015–Robert H. Schuller, American televangelist (b.1926)
2015–Steve Stevaert, Belgian politician (b.1954)
2015–Doug Sax, American audio engineer (b.1936)
2015–Abdelhadi Tazi, Moroccan scholar and diplomat (b.1921)
2016–Gato Barbieri, Argentinemusician andbandleader (b.1932)
2016–Gallieno Ferri, Italian comic book artist (b.1929)
2016–Boris Hybner, Czech actor and mime artist (b.1941)
2016–Amber Rayne, American pornographic actress (b.1984)
2017–Kenneth J. Donnelly, American politician (b.1950)
2017–Leonard Litwin, American real estate developer (b.1914)
2018–Susan Anspach, American actress (b.1942)
2018–Morris Halle, Latvian–Americanlinguist (b.1923)
2018–Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, South African activist (b.1936)
2019–Jamshid Mashayekhi, Iranian actor (b.1934)
2019–J. Mahendran, Indian film director, screenwriter and actor (b.1939)
2019–Don Williamson, American businessman and politician (b.1934)

Observances

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InternationalChildren'sBook Day –Birthday ofHans Christian Andersen
Thai Heritage Conservation Day
WorldAutism Awareness Day
Malvinas Day (Argentina)

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