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 93^rd 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, 28,533,600 minutes 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.

April 2 Historical Events

• 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.
• 1902 –
  “Electric Theatre”, the first full-time movie theater in the United States, opens in Los Angeles, California.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 1984 –
  Squadron Leader Rakesh Sharma is launched aboard Soyuz T-11, and becomes the first Indian in space.
• 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?

• 1618 –
  Francesco Maria Grimaldi, Italian mathematician and physicist (d. 1663)
• 1838 –
  Léon Gambetta, French statesman (d. 1882)
• 1912 –
  Herbert Mills, American singer (The Mills Brothers) (d. 1989)
• 1925 –
  George MacDonald Fraser, English author (d. 2008)
• 1939 –
  Lise Thibault, Lieutenant-governor of Quebec
• 1943 –
  Caterina Bueno, Italian singer (d. 2007)
• 1954 –
  Susumu Hirasawa, Japanese electropop musician
• 1959 –
  Juha Kankkunen, Finnish race car driver
• 1974 –
  Håkan Hellström, Swedish musician
• 1979 –
  Jesse Carmichael, American musician (Maroon 5)

Who died on April 2?

• 1118 –
  Baldwin I of Jerusalem, King of Jerusalem (b. c. 1058)
• 1502 –
  Prince Arthur Tudor, son of Henry VII of England (b. 1486)
• 1657 –
  Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1608)
• 1742 –
  James Douglas, Scottish physician and anatomist (b. 1675)
• 1787 –
  Thomas Gage, British general (b. 1719)
• 1801 –
  Thomas Dadford Junior, British canal engineer (b. c. 1761)
• 1936 –
  Jean Baptiste Eugène Estienne, French general (b. 1860)
• 1958 –
  Josei Toda, Japanese second president of the Buddhist association Soka Gakkai (b. 1900)
• 1992 –
  Tomisaburo Wakayama, Japanese actor (b. 1929)
• 2010 –
  Mike Cuellar, Cuban baseball player (b. 1937)