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 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 273 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Tuesday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is March 20, 2024 – a Tuesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 1,712,016,000 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 ‘enneacontatrigon’ 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 302 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 4,120 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.
- 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.
- 1865 –American Civil War: Confederate President Jefferson Davis and most of his Cabinet flee the Confederate capital of Richmond, Virginia.
- 1911 –The Australian Bureau of Statistics conducts the country’s first national census.
- 1930 –After the mysterious death of Empress Zewditu, Haile Selassie is proclaimed emperor of Ethiopia.
- 1945 –Diplomatic relations between the Soviet Union and Brazil are established.
- 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.
- 1975 –Vietnam War: Thousands of civilian refugees flee from the Quang Ngai Province in front of advancing North Vietnamese troops.
- 1980 –President Jimmy Carter signs the Crude Oil Windfall Profits Tax Act in an effort to help the U.S. economy rebound.
- 1992 –In New York, Mafia boss John Gotti is convicted of murder and racketeering and is later sentenced to life in prison.
Who were born on April 2?
- 1862 –Nicholas Murray Butler, president of Columbia University, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1947)
- 1867 –Eugen Sandow, German bodybuilder and circus performer (d. 1925)
- 1869 –Hughie Jennings, American baseball player and manager (d. 1928)
- 1891 –Jack Buchanan, Scottish actor, singer, producer and director (d. 1957)
- 1923 –G. Spencer-Brown, English mathematician
- 1928 –Joseph Bernardin, American cardinal (d. 1996)
- 1974 –Håkan Hellström, Swedish musician
- 1978 –John Gall, American baseball player
- 1984 –Jérémy Morel, French footballer
- 1990 –Amy Castle, American actress
Who died on April 2?
- 1335 –Duke Henry of Carinthia (b. c. 1265)
- 1412 –Ruy Gonzáles de Clavijo, Spanish traveler and writer
- 1720 –Joseph Dudley, colonial Governor of Massachusetts (b. 1647)
- 1827 –Ludwig Heinrich Bojanus, German physician and naturalist (b. 1776)
- 1891 –Albert Pike, American Confederate Brigadier General, envoy, author, attorney, and Freemason (b. 1809)
- 1930 –Empress Zauditu of Ethiopia (b. 1876)
- 1936 –Jean Baptiste Eugène Estienne, French general (b. 1860)
- 2001 –Charles Daudelin, Canadian artist (b. 1920)
- 2001 –Jennifer Syme, American actress (b. 1972)
- 2006 –Nina Schenk Gräfin von Stauffenberg, German widow of Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg (b. 1913)
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