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 92^nd 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, 484,320 hours 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.

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.

April 2 Historical Events

• 1755 –
  Commodore William James captures the pirate fortress of Suvarnadurg on west coast of India.
• 1865 –
  American Civil War: Confederate President Jefferson Davis and most of his Cabinet flee the Confederate capital of Richmond, Virginia.
• 1902 –
  Dmitry Sipyagin, Minister of Interior of the Russian Empire, is assassinated in the Marie Palace, St Petersburg.
• 1911 –
  The Australian Bureau of Statistics conducts the country’s first national census.
• 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.
• 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.
• 1984 –
  Squadron Leader Rakesh Sharma is launched aboard Soyuz T-11, and becomes the first Indian in space.
• 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?

• 1840 –
  Émile Zola, French novelist and critic (d. 1902)
• 1841 –
  Clément Ader, French aviation pioneer (d. 1926)
• 1861 –
  Iván Persa, Hungarian Slovene writer and catholic priest (d. 1935)
• 1869 –
  Hughie Jennings, American baseball player and manager (d. 1928)
• 1927 –
  Ferenc Puskás, Hungarian footballer (d. 2006)
• 1934 –
  Brian Glover, British actor and wrestler (d. 1997)
• 1937 –
  Dick Radatz, American baseball player (d. 2005)
• 1942 –
  Leon Russell, American blues-rock pianist/guitarist
• 1943 –
  Caterina Bueno, Italian singer (d. 2007)
• 1984 –
  Jérémy Morel, French footballer

Who died on April 2?

• 1507 –
  Francis of Paola, Italian founder of the Order of the Minims (b. 1416)
• 1845 –
  Philip Charles Durham, Royal Navy Admiral (b. 1763)
• 1865 –
  General A. P. Hill, American Confederate general (b. 1825)
• 1958 –
  Josei Toda, Japanese second president of the Buddhist association Soka Gakkai (b. 1900)
• 1966 –
  C. S. Forester, English author (b. 1899)
• 1972 –
  Franz Halder, German general (b. 1884)
• 1995 –
  Harvey Penick, American golf instructor (b. 1904)
• 2003 –
  Edwin Starr, American singer (b. 1942)
• 2005 –
  Pope John Paul II (b. 1920)
• 2010 –
  Chris Kanyon, American wrestler (b. 1970)