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
- 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.
- 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.
- 1885 –Cree warriors attacked the village of Frog Lake, North-West Territories, Canada, killing 9.
- 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.
- 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.
- 1975 –Vietnam War: Thousands of civilian refugees flee from the Quang Ngai Province in front of advancing North Vietnamese troops.
- 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.
- 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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