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
- 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.
- 1851 –Rama IV is crowned King of Thailand.
- 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.
- 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 –“Electric Theatre”, the first full-time movie theater in the United States, opens in Los Angeles, California.
- 1911 –The Australian Bureau of Statistics conducts the country’s first national census.
- 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.
- 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.
- 1975 –Vietnam War: Thousands of civilian refugees flee from the Quang Ngai Province in front of advancing North Vietnamese troops.
- 1989 –Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev arrives in Havana, Cuba to meet with Fidel Castro in an attempt to mend strained relations.
- 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.
- 1992 –In New York, Mafia boss John Gotti is convicted of murder and racketeering and is later sentenced to life in prison.
- 2006 –Over 60 tornadoes break out in the United States; hardest hit is in Tennessee with 29 people killed.
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