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April 2 is the 92nd day of the year (93rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 273 days remain until the end of the year.

Events[]

  • 1513 – Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León first sights land in what is now the United States state of Florida.
  • 1755Commodore William James captures the Maratha fortress of Suvarnadurg on west coast of India.
  • 1792 – The Coinage Act is passed establishing the United States Mint.
  • 1800Ludwig van Beethoven leads the premiere of his First Symphony in Vienna.
  • 1800 – The Treaty of Constantinople establishes the Septinsular Republic, the first autonomous Greek state since the Fall of the Byzantine Empire.
  • 1801French Revolutionary Wars: The British capture the Danish fleet.
  • 1851Rama IV is crowned King of Thailand.
  • 1863American Civil War: The largest in a series of Southern bread riots occurs in Richmond, Virginia.
  • 1865 – American Civil War: Defeat at the Third Battle of Petersburg forces the Army of Northern Virginia and the Confederate government to abandon Richmond, Virginia.
  • 1885 – Canadian Cree warriors attack the village of Frog Lake, killing nine.
  • 1900 – The United States Congress passes the Foraker Act, giving Puerto Rico limited self-rule.
  • 1902Dmitry Sipyagin, Minister of Interior of the Russian Empire, is assassinated in the Marie Palace, Saint Petersburg.
  • 1902 – "Electric Theatre", the first full-time movie theater in the United States, opens in Los Angeles.
  • 1911 – The Australian Bureau of Statistics conducts the country's first national census.
  • 1912 – The ill-fated Template:RMS begins sea trials.
  • 1917World War I: United States President Woodrow Wilson asks the U.S. Congress for a declaration of war on Germany.
  • 1921 – The Autonomous Government of Khorasan, a military government encompassing the modern state of Iran, is established.
  • 1930 – After the mysterious death of Empress Zewditu, Haile Selassie is proclaimed emperor of Ethiopia.
  • 1956As the World Turns and The Edge of Night premiere on CBS. The two soaps become the first daytime dramas to debut in the 30-minute format.
  • 1964 – The Soviet Union launches Zond 1.
  • 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.
  • 1975Vietnam War: Thousands of civilian refugees flee from Quảng Ngãi Province in front of advancing North Vietnamese troops.
  • 1976 – Prince Norodom Sihanouk resigns as leader of Cambodia and is placed under house arrest.[1]
  • 1979 – A Soviet bio-warfare laboratory at Sverdlovsk accidentally releases airborne anthrax spores, killing 66 plus an unknown amount of livestock.
  • 1980 – United States President Jimmy Carter signs the Crude Oil Windfall Profits Tax Act.
  • 1982Falklands War: Argentina invades the Falkland Islands.
  • 1986Alabama governor George Wallace, a former segregationist, best known for the "Stand in the Schoolhouse Door", announces that he will not seek a fifth four-year term and will retire from public life upon the end of his term in January 1987.
  • 1989Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev arrives in Havana, Cuba, to meet with Fidel Castro in an attempt to mend strained relations.
  • 1989 – ASUS corporation is founded.
  • 1991Rita 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.
  • 1992 – Forty-two civilians are massacred in the town of Bijeljina in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
  • 2002Israeli forces surround the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem into which armed Palestinians had retreated.
  • 2004Islamist terrorists involved in the 11 March 2004 Madrid attacks attempt to bomb the Spanish high-speed train AVE near Madrid; the attack is thwarted.
  • 2006 – Over 60 tornadoes break out in the United States; Tennessee is hardest hit with 29 people killed.
  • 2012 – A mass shooting at Oikos University in California leaves seven people dead and three injured.[2]
  • 2014 – A spree shooting occurs at the Fort Hood army base in Texas, with four dead, including the gunman, and 16 others injured.
  • 2015 – Gunmen attack Garissa University College in Kenya, killing at least 148 people and wounding 79 others.
  • 2015 – Four men steal items worth up to £200 million from an underground safe deposit facility in London's Hatton Garden area in what has been called the "largest burglary in English legal history."[3]

Births[]

  • 747Charlemagne, Frankish king (d. 814)[4]
  • 1473John Corvinus, Hungarian noble (d. 1504)
  • 1545Elisabeth of Valois (d. 1568)
  • 1565Cornelis de Houtman, Dutch explorer (d. 1599)
  • 1586Pietro Della Valle, Italian traveler (d. 1652)
  • 1602Mary of Jesus of Ágreda, Franciscan abbess (d. 1665)
  • 1618Francesco Maria Grimaldi, Italian mathematician and physicist (d. 1663)
  • 1647Maria Sibylla Merian, German-Dutch botanist and illustrator (d. 1717)
  • 1653Prince George of Denmark (d. 1708)
  • 1696Francesca Cuzzoni, Italian operatic soprano (d. 1778)
  • 1719Johann Wilhelm Ludwig Gleim, German poet (d. 1803)
  • 1725Giacomo Casanova, Italian explorer and author (d. 1798)
  • 1788Francisco Balagtas, Filipino poet and author (d. 1862)
  • 1788 – Wilhelmine Reichard, German balloonist (d. 1848)
  • 1789Lucio Norberto Mansilla, Argentinian general and politician (d. 1871)
  • 1792Francisco de Paula Santander, Colombian general and politician, 4th President of the Republic of the New Granada (d. 1840)
  • 1798August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben, German poet and academic (d. 1874)
  • 1805Hans Christian Andersen, Danish novelist, short story writer, and poet (d. 1875)
  • 1814Henry L. Benning, American general and judge (d. 1875)
  • 1814 – Erastus Brigham Bigelow, American inventor (d. 1879)
  • 1827William Holman Hunt, English soldier and painter (d. 1910)
  • 1835Jacob Nash Victor, American engineer (d. 1907)
  • 1838Léon Gambetta, French lawyer and politician, 45th Prime Minister of France (d. 1882)
  • 1840Émile Zola, French novelist, playwright, journalist (d. 1902)
  • 1841Clément Ader, French engineer, designed the Ader Avion III (d. 1926)
  • 1842Dominic Savio, Italian Catholic saint, adolescent student of Saint John Bosco (d. 1857)
  • 1861Iván Persa, Slovenian priest and author (d. 1935)
  • 1862Nicholas Murray Butler, American philosopher and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1947)
  • 1869Hughie Jennings, American baseball player and manager (d. 1928)
  • 1875Walter Chrysler, American businessman, founded Chrysler (d. 1940)
  • 1875 – William Donne, English cricketer and captain (d. 1942)
  • 1884J. C. Squire, English poet, author, and historian (d. 1958)[5]
  • 1891Jack Buchanan, Scottish entertainer (d. 1957)
  • 1891 – Max Ernst, German painter, sculptor, and poet (d. 1976)
  • 1891 – Tristão de Bragança Cunha, Indian nationalist and anti-colonial activist from Goa (d. 1958)
  • 1896Johnny Golden, American golfer (d. 1936)
  • 1898Harindranath Chattopadhyay, Indian poet, actor and politician (d. 1990)
  • 1898 – Chiungtze C. Tsen, Chinese mathematician (d. 1940)
  • 1900Roberto Arlt, Argentinian journalist, author, and playwright (d. 1942)
  • 1900 – Anis Fuleihan, Cypriot-American pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1970)
  • 1900 – Alfred Strange, English footballer (d. 1978)
  • 1902Jan Tschichold, German-Swiss graphic designer and typographer (d. 1974)
  • 1903Lionel Chevrier, Canadian lawyer and politician, 27th Canadian Minister of Justice (d. 1987)
  • 1906Alphonse-Marie Parent, Canadian priest and educator (d. 1970)
  • 1907Harald Andersson, American-Swedish discus thrower (d. 1985)
  • 1907 – Luke Appling, American baseball player and manager (d. 1991)
  • 1908Buddy Ebsen, American actor and dancer (d. 2003)
  • 1910Paul Triquet, Canadian general, Victoria Cross recipient (d. 1980)
  • 1910 – Chico Xavier, Brazilian spiritual medium (d. 2002)
  • 1914Alec Guinness, English actor (d. 2000)
  • 1919Delfo Cabrera, Argentinian runner and soldier (d. 1981)
  • 1920Gerald Bouey, Canadian lieutenant and civil servant (d. 2004)
  • 1920 – Jack Stokes, English animator and director (d. 2013)
  • 1920 – Jack Webb, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1982)
  • 1922John C. Whitehead, American banker and politician, 9th United States Deputy Secretary of State (d. 2015)
  • 1923Gloria Henry, American actress[6]
  • 1923 – Johnny Paton, Scottish footballer, coach, and manager (d. 2015)
  • 1923 – G. Spencer-Brown, English mathematician, psychologist, and author (d. 2016)
  • 1924Bobby Ávila, Mexican baseball player (d. 2004)
  • 1925George MacDonald Fraser, Scottish author and screenwriter (d. 2008)
  • 1925 – Hans Rosenthal, German radio and television host (d. 1987)
  • 1926Jack Brabham, Australian race car driver (d. 2014)
  • 1926 – Rudra Rajasingham, Sri Lankan police officer and diplomat (d. 2006)
  • 1927Carmen Basilio, American boxer and soldier (d. 2012)
  • 1927 – Howard Callaway, American soldier and politician, 11th United States Secretary of the Army (d. 2014)
  • 1927 – Rita Gam, American actress (d. 2016)[7]
  • 1927 – Billy Pierce, American baseball player and sportscaster (d. 2015)
  • 1927 – Kenneth Tynan, English author and critic (d. 1980)
  • 1928Joseph Bernardin, American cardinal (d. 1996)
  • 1928 – Serge Gainsbourg, French singer-songwriter, actor, and director (d. 1991)
  • 1928 – Roy Masters, English-American radio host
  • 1928 – David Robinson, Northern Irish horticulturist and academic (d. 2004)
  • 1929Ed Dorn, American poet and educator (d. 1999)
  • 1930Roddy Maude-Roxby, English actor
  • 1931Vladimir Kuznetsov, Russian javelin thrower (d. 1986)
  • 1932Edward Egan, American cardinal (d. 2015)
  • 1933György Konrád, Hungarian sociologist and author
  • 1934Paul Cohen, American mathematician and theorist (d. 2007)
  • 1934 – Brian Glover, English wrestler and actor (d. 1997)
  • 1934 – Carl Kasell, American journalist and game show host (d. 2018)
  • 1934 – Richard Portman, American sound engineer (d. 2017)
  • 1934 – Dovid Shmidel, Austrian-born Israeli rabbi
  • 1936Shaul Ladany, Serbian-Israeli race walker and engineer
  • 1937Dick Radatz, American baseball player (d. 2005)
  • 1938John Larsson, Swedish 17th General of The Salvation Army
  • 1938 – Booker Little, American trumpet player and composer (d. 1961)
  • 1938 – Al Weis, American baseball player
  • 1939Marvin Gaye, American singer-songwriter (d. 1984)
  • 1939 – Anthony Lake, American academic and diplomat, 18th United States National Security Advisor
  • 1939 – Lise Thibault, Canadian journalist and politician, 27th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec
  • 1940Donald Jackson, Canadian figure skater and coach
  • 1940 – Mike Hailwood, English motorcycle racer (d. 1981)
  • 1940 – Penelope Keith, English actress
  • 1941Dr. Demento, American radio host
  • 1941 – Sonny Throckmorton, American country singer-songwriter
  • 1942Leon Russell, American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 2016)
  • 1942 – Roshan Seth, Indian-English actor
  • 1943Michael Boyce, Baron Boyce, South African-English admiral and politician, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports
  • 1943 – Caterina Bueno, Italian singer (d. 2007)
  • 1943 – Larry Coryell, American jazz guitarist (d. 2017)
  • 1943 – Antonio Sabàto, Sr., Italian actor
  • 1944Bill Malinchak, American football player
  • 1945Jürgen Drews, German singer-songwriter
  • 1945 – Guy Fréquelin, French race car driver
  • 1945 – Linda Hunt, American actress
  • 1945 – Reggie Smith, American baseball player and coach
  • 1945 – Don Sutton, American baseball player and sportscaster
  • 1945 – Anne Waldman, American poet
  • 1946Richard Collinge, New Zealand cricketer
  • 1946 – David Heyes, English politician
  • 1946 – Sue Townsend, English author and playwright (d. 2014)
  • 1946 – Kurt Winter, Canadian guitarist and songwriter (d. 1997)
  • 1947Paquita la del Barrio, Mexican singer-songwriter
  • 1947 – Tua Forsström, Finnish writer
  • 1947 – Emmylou Harris, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 1947 – Camille Paglia, American author and critic
  • 1948Roald Als, Danish author and illustrator
  • 1948 – Dimitris Mitropanos, Greek singer (d. 2012)
  • 1948 – Daniel Okrent, American journalist and author
  • 1948 – Joan D. Vinge, American author
  • 1949Paul Gambaccini, American-English radio and television host
  • 1949 – Bernd Müller, German footballer
  • 1949 – Pamela Reed, American actress
  • 1949 – David Robinson, American drummer
  • 1950Lynn Westmoreland, American politician
  • 1951Ayako Okamoto, Japanese golfer
  • 1952Lennart Fagerlund, Swedish cyclist
  • 1952 – Will Hoy, English race car driver (d. 2002)
  • 1952 – Leon Wilkeson, American bass player and songwriter (d. 2001)
  • 1953Jim Allister, Northern Irish lawyer and politician
  • 1953 – Rosemary Bryant Mariner, 20th and 21st-century U.S. Navy aviator[8]
  • 1953 – Malika Oufkir, Moroccan Berber writer[9]
  • 1953 – Debralee Scott, American actress (d. 2005)
  • 1953 – James Vance, American author and playwright (d. 2017)
  • 1954Gregory Abbott, American singer-songwriter and producer
  • 1954 – Donald Petrie, American actor and director
  • 1955Michael Stone, Northern Irish loyalist paramilitary
  • 1957Caroline Dean, English biologist and academic
  • 1957 – Hank Steinbrenner, American businessman, co-owner of the New York Yankees
  • 1958Stefano Bettarello, Italian rugby player
  • 1958 – Larry Drew, American basketball player and coach
  • 1959Gelindo Bordin, Italian runner
  • 1959 – David Frankel, American director, producer, and screenwriter
  • 1959 – Juha Kankkunen, Finnish race car driver
  • 1959 – Yves Lavandier, French director and producer
  • 1959 – Badou Ezzaki, Moroccan footballer and manager
  • 1960Linford Christie, Jamaican-English sprinter
  • 1960 – Brad Jones, Australian race car driver
  • 1960 – Pascale Nadeau, Canadian journalist
  • 1961Buddy Jewell, American singer-songwriter
  • 1961 – Christopher Meloni, American actor
  • 1961 – Keren Woodward, English singer-songwriter
  • 1962Pierre Carles, French director and producer
  • 1962 – Billy Dean, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 1962 – Clark Gregg, American actor
  • 1963Karl Beattie, English director and producer
  • 1963 – Mike Gascoyne, English engineer
  • 1964Pete Incaviglia, American baseball player and coach
  • 1964 – Jonathon Sharkey, American wrestler
  • 1965Rodney King, American victim of police brutality (d. 2012)
  • 1966Bill Romanowski, American football player and actor
  • 1966 – Teddy Sheringham, English international footballer, striker and coach[10]
  • 1967Greg Camp, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 1967 – Phil Demmel, American guitarist and songwriter
  • 1969Ajay Devgan, Indian actor, director, and producer
  • 1971Edmundo Alves de Souza Neto, Brazilian footballer
  • 1971 – Jason Lewry, English cricketer
  • 1971 – Todd Woodbridge, Australian tennis player and sportscaster
  • 1972Remo D'Souza, Indian choreographer and dancer
  • 1972 – Calvin Davis, American sprinter and hurdler
  • 1972 – Zane Lamprey, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
  • 1973Dmitry Lipartov, Russian footballer
  • 1973 – Roselyn Sánchez, Puerto Rican-American actress
  • 1973 – Aleksejs Semjonovs, Latvian footballer
  • 1974Tayfun Korkut, Turkish football manager and former player
  • 1975Randy Livingston, American basketball player
  • 1975 – Katrin Rutschow-Stomporowski, German rower
  • 1976Andreas Anastasopoulos, Greek shot putter
  • 1976 – Rory Sabbatini, South African golfer
  • 1976 – Pattie Mallette, Canadian author and film producer
  • 1977Per Elofsson, Swedish skier
  • 1977 – Michael Fassbender, German-Irish actor and producer
  • 1977 – Hanno Pevkur, Estonian lawyer and politician, Estonian Minister of Justice
  • 1978Scott Lynch, American author
  • 1979Jesse Carmichael, American keyboard player
  • 1980Avi Benedi, Israeli singer and songwriter
  • 1980 – Adam Fleming, Scottish journalist
  • 1980 – Gavin Heffernan, Canadian director and screenwriter
  • 1980 – Ricky Hendrick, American race car driver (d. 2004)
  • 1980 – Wairangi Koopu, New Zealand rugby league player
  • 1980 – Carlos Salcido, Mexican international footballer, defender[11]
  • 1981Michael Clarke, Australian cricketer
  • 1981 – Kapil Sharma, Indian stand-up comedian, television presenter and actor
  • 1982Marco Amelia, Italian footballer
  • 1982 – Jeremy Bloom, American football player and skier
  • 1982 – Jack Evans, American wrestler
  • 1982 – David Ferrer, Spanish tennis player
  • 1983 – Yung Joc, American rapper
  • 1983 – Maksym Mazuryk, Ukrainian pole vaulter
  • 1984Engin Atsür, Turkish basketball player
  • 1984 – Nóra Barta, Hungarian diver
  • 1984 – Jérémy Morel, French footballer
  • 1985Thom Evans, Zimbabwean-Scottish rugby player
  • 1985 – Stéphane Lambiel, Swiss figure skater
  • 1986Ibrahim Afellay, Dutch footballer
  • 1986 – Andris Biedriņš, Latvian basketball player
  • 1986 – Lee DeWyze, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 1987Pablo Aguilar, Paraguayan footballer
  • 1987 – Marc Pugh, English footballer
  • 1988Jesse Plemons, American actor
  • 1990Yevgeniya Kanayeva, Russian gymnast
  • 1990 – Miralem Pjanić, Bosnian footballer
  • 1991Quavo, American rapper
  • 1993Keshorn Walcott, Trinidadian javelin thrower[12]
  • 1997Dillon Bassett, American race car driver[13]
  • 1997 – Abdelhak Nouri, Dutch footballer[14]

Deaths[]

  • 670Hasan ibn Ali the second Shia Imam (b. 624)[15]
  • 870Æbbe the Younger, Frankish abbess
  • 872Muflih al-Turki, Turkish general
  • 968Yuan Dezhao, Chinese chancellor (b. 891)
  • 991Bardas Skleros, Byzantine general[16]
  • 1118Baldwin I, king of Jerusalem
  • 1244Henrik Harpestræng, Danish botanical and medical author
  • 1272Richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall, English husband of Sanchia of Provence (b. 1209)
  • 1335Henry of Bohemia (b. 1265)
  • 1412Ruy González de Clavijo, Spanish explorer and author
  • 1416Ferdinand I, king of Aragon (b. 1379)
  • 1502Arthur, prince of Wales (b. 1486)[17]
  • 1507Francis of Paola, Italian friar and saint, founded the Order of the Minims (b. 1416)
  • 1511Bernard VII, Lord of Lippe, German nobleman (b. 1428)
  • 1640Maciej Kazimierz Sarbiewski, Polish author and poet (b. 1595)
  • 1657Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1608)
  • 1657 – Jean-Jacques Olier, French priest, founded the Society of Saint-Sulpice (b. 1608)
  • 1672Pedro Calungsod, Filipino missionary and saint (b. 1654)
  • 1672 – Diego Luis de San Vitores, Spanish Jesuit missionary (b. 1627)
  • 1720Joseph Dudley, English politician, Governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay (b. 1647)
  • 1742James Douglas, Scottish physician and anatomist (b. 1675)
  • 1747Johann Jacob Dillenius, German-English botanist and mycologist (b. 1684)
  • 1754Thomas Carte, English historian and author (b. 1686)
  • 1787Thomas Gage, English general and politician, Governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay (b. 1719)
  • 1791Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau, French journalist and politician (b. 1749)[18]
  • 1801Thomas Dadford, Jr., English engineer (b. 1761)
  • 1803Sir James Montgomery, 1st Baronet, Scottish judge and politician (b. 1721)
  • 1817Johann Heinrich Jung, German author and academic (b. 1740)
  • 1827Ludwig Heinrich Bojanus, German physician and educator (b. 1776)
  • 1845Philip Charles Durham, Scottish admiral and politician (b. 1763)
  • 1865A. P. Hill, American general (b. 1825)
  • 1872Samuel Morse, American painter and academic, invented the Morse code (b. 1791)
  • 1891Albert Pike, American lawyer and general (b. 1809)
  • 1891 – Ahmed Vefik Pasha, Greek playwright and politician, 249th Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1823)
  • 1894Achille Vianelli, Italian painter and academic (b. 1803)
  • 1896Theodore Robinson, American painter and academic (b. 1852)
  • 1914Paul Heyse, German author, poet, and translator, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1830)
  • 1917Bryn Lewis, Welsh international rugby player (b.1891)
  • 1923Topal Osman, Turkish colonel (b. 1883)
  • 1928Theodore William Richards, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1868)
  • 1930Zewditu I of Ethiopia (b. 1876)
  • 1933Ranjitsinhji, Indian cricketer (b. 1872)
  • 1936Jean Baptiste Eugène Estienne, French general (b. 1860)
  • 1942Édouard Estaunié, French novelist (b. 1862)
  • 1948Sabahattin Ali, Turkish journalist, author, and poet (b. 1907)
  • 1953Hugo Sperrle, German field marshal (b. 1885)
  • 1966C. S. Forester, English novelist (b. 1899)
  • 1972Franz Halder, German general (b. 1884)
  • 1972 – Toshitsugu Takamatsu, Japanese martial artist and educator (b. 1887)
  • 1974Georges Pompidou, French banker and politician, 19th President of France (b. 1911)
  • 1977Walter Wolf, German academic and politician (b. 1907)
  • 1987Buddy Rich, American drummer, songwriter, and bandleader (b. 1917)
  • 1989Manolis Angelopoulos, Greek singer (b. 1939)
  • 1992Juanito, Spanish footballer and manager (b. 1954)
  • 1992 – Jan van Aartsen, Dutch politician (b. 1909)
  • 1994Betty Furness, American actress, consumer advocate, game show panelist, television journalist and television personality (b. 1916)
  • 1994 – Marc Fitch, British historian and philanthropist (b. 1908)
  • 1995Hannes Alfvén, Swedish physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1908)
  • 1997Tomoyuki Tanaka, Japanese director and producer (b. 1910)
  • 1998Rob Pilatus, American-German singer-songwriter (b. 1965)
  • 2001Charles Daudelin, Canadian sculptor and painter (b. 1920)
  • 2002Levi Celerio, Filipino composer and songwriter (b. 1910)
  • 2002 – John R. Pierce, American engineer and author (b. 1910)
  • 2003Edwin Starr, American singer-songwriter (b. 1942)
  • 2004John Argyris, Greek computer scientist, engineer, and academic (b. 1913)
  • 2005Lillian O'Donnell, American crime novelist (b. 1926)[19]
  • 2005 – Pope John Paul II (b. 1920)
  • 2006Lloyd Searwar, Guyanese anthologist and diplomat (b. 1925)
  • 2007Henry L. Giclas, American astronomer and academic (b. 1910)
  • 2008Yakup Satar, Turkish World War I veteran(b. 1898)
  • 2009Albert Sanschagrin, Canadian bishop (b. 1911)
  • 2009 – Bud Shank, American saxophonist and flute player (b. 1926)
  • 2010Chris Kanyon, American wrestler (b. 1970)
  • 2011John C. Haas, American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1918)
  • 2012Jesús Aguilarte, Venezuelan captain and politician (b. 1959)
  • 2012 – Elizabeth Catlett, American-Mexican sculptor and illustrator (b. 1915)
  • 2012 – Mauricio Lasansky, American graphic designer and academic (b. 1914)
  • 2013Fred, French author and illustrator (b. 1931)
  • 2013 – Jesús Franco, Spanish director, screenwriter, producer, and actor (b. 1930)
  • 2013 – Milo O'Shea, Irish-American actor (b. 1926)
  • 2014Glyn Jones, South African actor and screenwriter (b. 1931)
  • 2014 – Urs Widmer, Swiss author and playwright (b. 1938)
  • 2015Manoel de Oliveira, Portuguese actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1908)
  • 2015 – Robert H. Schuller, American pastor and author (b. 1926)
  • 2015 – Steve Stevaert, Belgian businessman and politician, Governor of Limburg (b. 1954)
  • 2016Gallieno Ferri, Italian comic book artist and illustrator (b. 1929)
  • 2016 – Robert Abajyan, Armenian sergeant (b. 1996)

Holidays and observances[]

  • Christian feast day:
    • Abundius of Como[20]
    • Amphianus of Lycia[21]
    • Æbbe the Younger[22]
    • Bronach of Glen-Seichis (Irish martyrology)[23]
    • Francis of Paola[24]
    • Francisco Coll Guitart[25]
    • Henry Budd (Anglican Church of Canada)[26]
    • Nicetius of Lyon[27]
    • Pedro Calungsod[28]
    • Theodosia of Tyre[29]
    • Urban of Langres[30]
    • April 2 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
  • International Children's Book Day (International)
  • Thai Heritage Conservation Day (Thailand)
  • Unity of Peoples of Russia and Belarus Day (Belarus)
  • World Autism Awareness Day (International)

References[]

  1. Osborne, Milton E (1994). Sihanouk Prince of Light, Prince of Darkness. Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America: University of Hawaii Press. p. 223. ISBN 978-0-8248-1639-1.
  2. Wu, Gwendolyn (27 March 2019). "Man who killed 7 in Oikos University mass shooting dies in prison". SFChronicle.com. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
  3. "Hatton Garden raid 'largest in English history'". BBC News. 23 November 2015. Retrieved 23 November 2015.
  4. "Charlemagne | Biography, Accomplishments, & Facts". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
  5. Bradford, Richard. Literary rivals : feuds and antagonisms in the world of books. London. pp. 243-244. ISBN 978-1-84954-602-7. OCLC 856200735.
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