What are the important events that happened on April 2? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
April 2: Facts & Myths About This Day
April 2 is the 92nd day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 273 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Wednesday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is March 20, 2025 – a Wednesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 1,743,552,000 seconds has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘enneacontadigon’ day.
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Aries is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Diamond is the modern birthstone for this month. Opal is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 321 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,485 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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April 2 Historical Events
- 1755 –Commodore William James captures the pirate fortress of Suvarnadurg on west coast of India.
- 1800 –Ludwig van Beethoven leads the premiere of his First Symphony in Vienna.
- 1851 –Rama IV is crowned King of Thailand.
- 1885 –Cree warriors attacked the village of Frog Lake, North-West Territories, Canada, killing 9.
- 1917 –World War I: President Woodrow Wilson asks the U.S. Congress for a declaration of war on Germany.
- 1930 –After the mysterious death of Empress Zewditu, Haile Selassie is proclaimed emperor of Ethiopia.
- 1975 –Construction of the CN Tower is completed in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It reaches 553.33 m in height, becoming the world’s tallest free-standing structure.
- 1984 –Squadron Leader Rakesh Sharma is launched aboard Soyuz T-11, and becomes the first Indian in space.
- 1992 –In New York, Mafia boss John Gotti is convicted of murder and racketeering and is later sentenced to life in prison.
- 2004 –Islamist terrorists involved in the 11 March 2004 Madrid attacks attempt to bomb the Spanish high-speed train AVE near Madrid. Their attack is thwarted.
Who were born on April 2?
- 1861 –Iván Persa, Hungarian Slovene writer and catholic priest (d. 1935)
- 1900 –Roberto Arlt, Argentine writer (d. 1942)
- 1903 –Lionel Chevrier, Canadian politician (d. 1987)
- 1910 –Paul Triquet, Canadian military officer (d. 1980)
- 1928 –Serge Gainsbourg, French singer (d. 1991)
- 1937 –Dick Radatz, American baseball player (d. 2005)
- 1945 –Anne Waldman, American poet
- 1960 –Linford Christie, English athlete
- 1963 –Mike Gascoyne, British engineer
- 1977 –Aiden Turner, British actor
Who died on April 2?
- 1412 –Ruy Gonzáles de Clavijo, Spanish traveler and writer
- 1930 –Empress Zauditu of Ethiopia (b. 1876)
- 1958 –Tudor Davies, Welsh operatic tenor (b. 1892)
- 1966 –C. S. Forester, English author (b. 1899)
- 1995 –Hannes Alfvén, Swedish physicist (b. 1908)
- 1998 –Rob Pilatus, American model and entertainer (Milli Vanilli) (b. 1965)
- 2005 –Pope John Paul II (b. 1920)
- 2006 –Nina Schenk Gräfin von Stauffenberg, German widow of Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg (b. 1913)
- 2010 –Chris Kanyon, American wrestler (b. 1970)
- 2010 –Mike Cuellar, Cuban baseball player (b. 1937)
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