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 93rd day of the year 2016 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 273 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Saturday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is March 20, 2016 – a Saturday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 1,459,555,200 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 ‘enneacontatrigon’ 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 301 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 1,198 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.
- 1800 –Ludwig van Beethoven leads the premiere of his First Symphony in Vienna.
- 1911 –The Australian Bureau of Statistics conducts the country’s first national census.
- 1945 –Diplomatic relations between the Soviet Union and Brazil are established.
- 1956 –As the World Turns and The Edge of Night premiere on CBS-TV. The two soaps become the first daytime dramas to debut in the 30-minute format.
- 1962 –The first official Panda crossing is opened outside Waterloo station, London.
- 1973 –Launch of the LexisNexis computerized legal research service.
- 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.
- 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?
- 1927 –Ferenc Puskás, Hungarian footballer (d. 2006)
- 1928 –Serge Gainsbourg, French singer (d. 1991)
- 1939 –Lise Thibault, Lieutenant-governor of Quebec
- 1949 –David Robinson, American musician
- 1957 –Giuliana De Sio, Italian actress
- 1959 –Juha Kankkunen, Finnish race car driver
- 1963 –Mike Gascoyne, British engineer
- 1977 –Michael Fassbender, actor
- 1983 –Paul Capdeville, Chilean tennis player
- 1986 –Ibrahim Afellay, Dutch footballer
Who died on April 2?
- 1507 –Francis of Paola, Italian founder of the Order of the Minims (b. 1416)
- 1720 –Joseph Dudley, colonial Governor of Massachusetts (b. 1647)
- 1742 –James Douglas, Scottish physician and anatomist (b. 1675)
- 1928 –Theodore William Richards, American chemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1868)
- 1933 –K. S. Ranjitsinhji, Indian king and Test cricketer (b. 1872)
- 1958 –Tudor Davies, Welsh operatic tenor (b. 1892)
- 1966 –C. S. Forester, English author (b. 1899)
- 1974 –Georges Pompidou, President of France (b. 1911)
- 2001 –Charles Daudelin, Canadian artist (b. 1920)
- 2005 –Pope John Paul II (b. 1920)
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