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 2017 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 273 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Sunday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is March 20, 2017 – a Sunday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 1,491,091,200 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 323 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 1,563 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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April 2 Historical Events
- 1863 –Richmond Bread Riot: Food shortages incite hundreds of angry women to riot in Richmond, Virginia and demand that the Confederate government release emergency supplies.
- 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.
- 1962 –The first official Panda crossing is opened outside Waterloo station, London.
- 1972 –Actor Charlie Chaplin returns to the United States for the first time since being labeled a communist during the Red Scare in the early 1950s.
- 1980 –President Jimmy Carter signs the Crude Oil Windfall Profits Tax Act in an effort to help the U.S. economy rebound.
- 1982 –Falklands War: Argentina invades the Falkland Islands.
- 1991 –Rita Johnston becomes the first female Premier of a Canadian province when she succeeds William Vander Zalm (who had resigned) as Premier of British Columbia.
- 1992 –In New York, Mafia boss John Gotti is convicted of murder and racketeering and is later sentenced to life in prison.
- 2006 –Over 60 tornadoes break out in the United States; hardest hit is in Tennessee with 29 people killed.
Who were born on April 2?
- 1908 –Buddy Ebsen, American actor and dancer (d. 2003)
- 1910 –Francisco Cândido Xavier, Most popular Brazilian medium (d. 2002)
- 1927 –Ferenc Puskás, Hungarian footballer (d. 2006)
- 1930 –Roddy Maude-Roxby, English actor
- 1953 –Jim Allister, Northern Irish politician
- 1954 –Susumu Hirasawa, Japanese electropop musician
- 1955 –Michael Stone, British terrorist
- 1959 –Badou Zaki, Morrocan footballer and manager
- 1980 –Carlos Salcido, Mexican footballer
- 1982 –Bianca Chatfield, Australian netballer
Who died on April 2?
- 1502 –Prince Arthur Tudor, son of Henry VII of England (b. 1486)
- 1747 –Johann Jacob Dillenius, German botanist (b. 1684)
- 1865 –General A. P. Hill, American Confederate general (b. 1825)
- 1914 –Paul von Heyse, German writer, Nobel laureate (b. 1830)
- 1928 –Theodore William Richards, American chemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1868)
- 1930 –Empress Zauditu of Ethiopia (b. 1876)
- 1958 –Tudor Davies, Welsh operatic tenor (b. 1892)
- 1992 –Tomisaburo Wakayama, Japanese actor (b. 1929)
- 2007 –Paul Reed, American actor (b. 1909)
- 2010 –Thomas J. Moyer, American jurist, Chief Justice Supreme Court of Ohio (b. 1939)
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