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, 1,743,552,000 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 ‘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
- 1792 –The Coinage Act is passed establishing the United States Mint.
- 1800 –Ludwig van Beethoven leads the premiere of his First Symphony in Vienna.
- 1801 –Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Copenhagen – The British destroy the Danish fleet.
- 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 –Dmitry Sipyagin, Minister of Interior of the Russian Empire, is assassinated in the Marie Palace, St Petersburg.
- 1917 –World War I: President Woodrow Wilson asks the U.S. Congress for a declaration of war on Germany.
- 1973 –Launch of the LexisNexis computerized legal research service.
- 1982 –Falklands War: Argentina invades the Falkland Islands.
- 1984 –Squadron Leader Rakesh Sharma is launched aboard Soyuz T-11, and becomes the first Indian in space.
- 1991 –Rita Johnston becomes the first female Premier of a Canadian province when she succeeds William Vander Zalm (who had resigned) as Premier of British Columbia.
Who were born on April 2?
- 1923 –Clifford Scott Green, American Federal Judge (d. 2007)
- 1946 –Kurt Winter, Canadian guitarist (The Guess Who) (d. 1997)
- 1952 –Thierry Le Luron, French humorist (d. 1986)
- 1959 –Badou Zaki, Morrocan footballer and manager
- 1959 –Juha Kankkunen, Finnish race car driver
- 1964 –Pete Incaviglia, American baseball player
- 1976 –Andreas Anastasopoulos, Greek shot putter
- 1979 –Jesse Carmichael, American musician (Maroon 5)
- 1990 –Felipe Chalegre, Brazilian footballer
- 1990 –Jeffery Johnson, Jr., American rapper
Who died on April 2?
- 1640 –Maciej Kazimierz Sarbiewski, Polish author and prominent Latin poet (b. 1595)
- 1754 –Thomas Carte, English historian (b. 1686)
- 1817 –Johann Heinrich Jung, German author (b. 1740)
- 1827 –Ludwig Heinrich Bojanus, German physician and naturalist (b. 1776)
- 1872 –Samuel F. B. Morse, American painter and inventor of the telegraph (b. 1791)
- 1928 –Theodore William Richards, American chemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1868)
- 1958 –Josei Toda, Japanese second president of the Buddhist association Soka Gakkai (b. 1900)
- 1987 –Buddy Rich, American drummer (b. 1917)
- 2001 –Charles Daudelin, Canadian artist (b. 1920)
- 2007 –Paul Reed, American actor (b. 1909)
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