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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 1973 –
  The Liberal Movement breaks away from the Liberal and Country League in South Australia.
• 1982 –
  Falklands War: Argentina invades the Falkland Islands.
• 2002 –
  Israeli forces surround the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem into which armed Palestinians had retreated. A siege ensues.

Who were born on April 2?

• 1814 –
  Erastus Brigham Bigelow, American inventor (d. 1879)
• 1875 –
  Walter Chrysler, American automobile pioneer (d. 1940)
• 1884 –
  Sir John Squire, British poet, writer, and historian (d. 1958)
• 1891 –
  Jack Buchanan, Scottish actor, singer, producer and director (d. 1957)
• 1891 –
  Max Ernst, German painter (d. 1976)
• 1900 –
  Roberto Arlt, Argentine writer (d. 1942)
• 1928 –
  Serge Gainsbourg, French singer (d. 1991)
• 1949 –
  David Robinson, American musician
• 1977 –
  Jelena Abbou, Serbian fitness model
• 1990 –
  Felipe Chalegre, Brazilian footballer

Who died on April 2?

• 1502 –
  Prince Arthur Tudor, son of Henry VII of England (b. 1486)
• 1657 –
  Jean-Jacques Olier – French catholic priest, founder of the Society of Saint-Sulpice (b. 1608)
• 1791 –
  Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, French statesman (b. 1749)
• 1865 –
  General A. P. Hill, American Confederate general (b. 1825)
• 1958 –
  Tudor Davies, Welsh operatic tenor (b. 1892)
• 1995 –
  Hannes Alfvén, Swedish physicist (b. 1908)
• 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)
• 2010 –
  Chris Kanyon, American wrestler (b. 1970)