About April 2
April 2, 2025 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.
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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 321 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.
- 1792 –The Coinage Act is passed establishing the United States Mint.
- 1801 –Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Copenhagen – The British destroy the Danish fleet.
- 1851 –Rama IV is crowned King of Thailand.
- 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.
- 1865 –American Civil War: Confederate President Jefferson Davis and most of his Cabinet flee the Confederate capital of Richmond, Virginia.
- 1865 –American Civil War: The Siege of Petersburg is broken – Union troops capture the trenches around Petersburg, Virginia, forcing Confederate General Robert E. Lee to retreat.
- 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.
- 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 –Launch of the LexisNexis computerized legal research service.
- 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.
- 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.
- 2006 –Over 60 tornadoes break out in the United States; hardest hit is in Tennessee with 29 people killed.
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