About April 2

April 2, 2024 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.

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Aries is the sun 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.

What Happened On April 2

  • 1755 –
    Commodore William James captures the pirate fortress of Suvarnadurg on west coast of India.
  • 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.
  • 1885 –
    Cree warriors attacked the village of Frog Lake, North-West Territories, Canada, killing 9.
  • 1900 –
    The Congress passes the Foraker Act, giving Puerto Rico limited self-rule.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 1980 –
    President Jimmy Carter signs the Crude Oil Windfall Profits Tax Act in an effort to help the U.S. economy rebound.
  • 1982 –
    Falklands War: Argentina invades the Falkland Islands.
  • 1989 –
    Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev arrives in Havana, Cuba to meet with Fidel Castro in an attempt to mend strained relations.
  • 2002 –
    Israeli forces surround the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem into which armed Palestinians had retreated. A siege ensues.
  • 2004 –
    Islamist terrorists involved in the 11 March 2004 Madrid attacks attempt to bomb the Spanish high-speed train AVE near Madrid. Their attack is thwarted.

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