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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 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.
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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 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.
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April 2 Historical Events
- 1885 –Cree warriors attacked the village of Frog Lake, North-West Territories, Canada, killing 9.
- 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.
- 1989 –Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev arrives in Havana, Cuba to meet with Fidel Castro in an attempt to mend strained relations.
Who were born on April 2?
- 1719 –Johann Wilhelm Ludwig Gleim, German poet (d. 1803)
- 1725 –Giacomo Casanova, Italian adventurer and writer (d. 1798)
- 1781 –Bhagwan Swaminarayan, religious leader (d. 1830)
- 1961 –Christopher Meloni, American actor
- 1981 –Bethany Joy Lenz-Galeotti, American actress
Who died on April 2?
- 1640 –Maciej Kazimierz Sarbiewski, Polish author and prominent Latin poet (b. 1595)
- 1657 –Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1608)
- 1747 –Johann Jacob Dillenius, German botanist (b. 1684)
- 1928 –Theodore William Richards, American chemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1868)
- 2001 –Jennifer Syme, American actress (b. 1972)
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