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
- 1792 –The Coinage Act is passed establishing the United States Mint.
- 1865 –American Civil War: Confederate President Jefferson Davis and most of his Cabinet flee the Confederate capital of Richmond, Virginia.
- 1902 –“Electric Theatre”, the first full-time movie theater in the United States, opens in Los Angeles, California.
- 1902 –Dmitry Sipyagin, Minister of Interior of the Russian Empire, is assassinated in the Marie Palace, St Petersburg.
- 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.
- 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.
Who were born on April 2?
- 1614 –Jahanara Begum Sahib, daughter of Shah Jahan and Mumtaz Mahal (d. 1681)
- 1891 –Max Ernst, German painter (d. 1976)
- 1900 –Roberto Arlt, Argentine writer (d. 1942)
- 1902 –Jan Tschichold, German typographer (d. 1974)
- 1914 –Sir Alec Guinness, English actor (d. 2000)
- 1952 –Leon Wilkeson, American rock bassist (Lynyrd Skynyrd) (d. 2001)
- 1963 –Mike Gascoyne, British engineer
- 1971 –ZEEBRA, Japanese hip hop artist
- 1982 –Leyla Milani, Canadian actress and model
- 1984 –Jérémy Morel, French footballer
Who died on April 2?
- 1118 –Baldwin I of Jerusalem, King of Jerusalem (b. c. 1058)
- 1720 –Joseph Dudley, colonial Governor of Massachusetts (b. 1647)
- 1754 –Thomas Carte, English historian (b. 1686)
- 1922 –Hermann Rorschach, Swiss psychologist (b. 1884)
- 1972 –Gil Hodges, American baseball player and manager (b. 1924)
- 1972 –Toshitsugu Takamatsu, Japanese Martial Arts Grandmaster (b. 1887)
- 1992 –Tomisaburo Wakayama, Japanese actor (b. 1929)
- 2000 –Tommaso Buscetta, Sicilian mafioso and pentito (b. 1928)
- 2005 –Pope John Paul II (b. 1920)
- 2006 –Nina Schenk Gräfin von Stauffenberg, German widow of Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg (b. 1913)
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