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

Events

• 1453 – Mehmed II begins his siege of Constantinople (Istanbul), which falls on May 29.
• 1513 – Juan Ponce de Leon sets foot on Florida, becoming the first European known to do so.
• 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.
• 1810 – Napoleon Bonaparte marries Archduchess Marie Louise of Austria.
• 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: The Siege of Petersburg is broken – Union troops capture the trenches around Petersburg, Virginia, forcing Confederate General Robert E. Lee to retreat.
• 1865 – American Civil War: Confederate President Jefferson Davis and most of his Cabinet flee the Confederate capital of Richmond, Virginia.
• 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.
• 1902 – "Electric Theatre", the first full-time movie theater in the United States, opens in Los Angeles, California.
• 1917 – World War I: President Woodrow Wilson asks the U.S. Congress for a declaration of war on Germany.
• 1917 – The first woman ever elected to the U.S. Congress, Jeannette Rankin, takes her seat as a representative from Montana.
• 1930 – 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.
• 1972 – Vietnam War: The Easter Offensive begins – North Vietnamese soldiers of the 304th Division take the northern half of Quang Tri Province.
• 1973 – Launch of the LexisNexis computerized legal research service.
• 1975 – Vietnam War: Thousands of civilian refugees flee from the Quang Ngai Province in front of advancing North Vietnamese troops.
• 1975 – Construction of the CN Tower is completed in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It reaches 553.33 metres (1,815.4 ft) 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.
• 1984 – Squadron Leader Rakesh Sharma is launched aboard Soyuz T-11, and becomes the first Indian in space.
• 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.
• 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.
• 2006 – Over 60 tornadoes break out; hardest hit is Tennessee with 29 people killed.

Births

• 742 – Charlemagne (d. 814)
• 1527 – Abraham Ortelius, Flemish cartographer and geographer (d. 1598)
• 1545 – Elisabeth of Valois, third wife of Philip II of Spain (d. 1568)
• 1565 – Cornelis de Houtman, Dutch explorer (d. 1599)
• 1614 – Jahanara Begum Sahib Parents;Shah Jahan and Mumtaz Mahal (d. September 16, 1681)
• 1618 – Francesco Maria Grimaldi, Italian mathematician and physicist (d. 1663)
• 1653 – Prince George of Denmark, prince consort of Anne of England (d. 1708)
• 1719 – Johann Wilhelm Ludwig Gleim, German poet (d. 1803)
• 1725 – Giacomo Casanova, Italian adventurer and writer (d. 1798)
• 1743 – Thomas Jefferson, 3rd President of the United States (Old style date) (d. 1826)
• 1781 – Bhagwan Swaminarayan, religious leader (d. 1830)
• 1788 – Francisco Balagtas, Filipino poet (d. 1862)
• 1798 – August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben, German poet (d. 1874)
• 1805 – Hans Christian Andersen, Danish writer (d. 1875)
• 1814 – Erastus Brigham Bigelow, American inventor (d. 1879)
• 1827 – William Holman Hunt, English painter (d. 1910)
• 1838 – Léon Gambetta, French statesman (d. 1882)
• 1840 – Émile Zola, French novelist and critic (d. 1902)
• 1841 – Clément Ader, French aviation pioneer (d. 1926)
• 1862 – Nicholas Murray Butler, president of Columbia University, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1947)
• 1867 – Eugen Sandow, German bodybuilder and circus performer (d. 1925)
• 1869 – Hughie Jennings, American baseball player and manager (d. 1928)
• 1875 – Walter Chrysler, American automobile pioneer (d. 1940)
• 1884 – Sir John Squire, British poet, writer, and historian (d. 1958)
• 1891 – Max Ernst, German painter (d. 1976)
• 1900 – Roberto Arlt, Argentine writer (d. 1942)
• 1902 – Jan Tschichold, German typographer (d. 1974)
• 1903 – Lionel Chevrier, Canadian politician (d. 1987)
• 1907 – Luke Appling, American baseball player (d. 1991)
• 1908 – Buddy Ebsen, American actor and dancer (d. 2003)
• 1910 – Paul Triquet, Canadian military officer (d. 1980)
• 1912 – Herbert Mills, American singer (The Mills Brothers) (d. 1989)
• 1914 – Sir Alec Guinness, English actor (d. 2000)
• 1917 – Dabbs Greer, American actor (d. 2007)
• 1917 – Lou Monte, American singer (d. 1989)
• 1920 – Jack Webb, American actor, director, and producer (d. 1982)
• 1923 – G. Spencer-Brown, English mathematician
• 1923 – Clifford Scott Green, American Federal Judge (d. 2007)
• 1923 – Gloria Henry, American actress
• 1925 – George MacDonald Fraser, English author (d. 2008)
• 1926 – Sir Jack Brabham, Australian race car driver, three-time F1 world champion and co-founder of eponymous race team
• 1927 – Carmen Basilio, American boxer
• 1927 – Ferenc Puskás, Hungarian footballer (d. 2006)
• 1927 – Kenneth Tynan, English critic and writer (d. 1980)
• 1928 – Joseph Cardinal Bernardin, American cardinal (d. 1996)
• 1928 – Serge Gainsbourg, French singer (d. 1991)
• 1928 – Prof David Robinson, Irish Horticulturist (d. 2004)
• 1932 – Edward Cardinal Egan, Cardinal-Archbishop Emeritus of New York
• 1934 – Paul Joseph Cohen, American mathematician (d. 2007)
• 1934 – Brian Glover, British actor and wrestler (d. 1997)
• 1937 – Dick Radatz, American baseball player (d. 2005)
• 1938 – John Larsson, 17th General of The Salvation Army
• 1938 – Whirlaway, American thoroughbred racehorse, 1941 Triple Crown Winner (d. 1953)
• 1938 – Booker Little, American jazz trumpeter (d. 1961)
• 1939 – Marvin Gaye, American singer (d. 1984)
• 1939 – Lise Thibault, Lieutenant-governor of Quebec
• 1940 – Penelope Keith, English actress
• 1941 – Dr. Demento, American radio personality
• 1942 – Leon Russell, American blues-rock pianist/guitarist session musician
• 1942 – Hiroyuki Sakai, Japanese chef
• 1942 – Roshan Seth, Indian actor
• 1945 – Linda Hunt, American actress
• 1945 – Reggie Smith, American baseball player
• 1945 – Don Sutton, American baseball player
• 1945 – Anne Waldman, American poet
• 1946 – Kurt Winter, Canadian guitarist (The Guess Who) (d. 1997)
• 1947 – Emmylou Harris, American singer
• 1947 – Camille Paglia, American feminist writer
• 1948 – Dimitris Mitropanos, Greek singer
• 1948 – Joan D. Vinge, American author
• 1949 – Paul Gambaccini, British television presenter
• 1949 – Pamela Reed, American actress
• 1949 – Ron Palillo, American actor
• 1951 – Ayako Okamoto, Japanese golfer
• 1951 – Moriteru Ueshiba, Japanese martial artist
• 1952 – Pat Drummond, Australian singer-songwriter
• 1952 – Thierry Le Luron, French humorist (d. 1986)
• 1952 – Leon Wilkeson, American rock bassist (Lynyrd Skynyrd) (d. 2001)
• 1953 – Jim Allister, Northern Irish politician
• 1953 – David Robinson, American musician
• 1953 – Debralee Scott, American actress (d. 2005)
• 1954 – Allan Davis, Australian diplomat
• 1954 – Susumu Hirasawa, Japanese electropop musician
• 1955 – Michael Stone, British terrorist
• 1957 – Giuliana De Sio, Italian actress
• 1958 – Larry Drew, American basketball player
• 1959 – Juha Kankkunen, Finnish race car driver
• 1959 – Yves Lavandier, French film director
• 1959 – Badou Zaki, Morrocan footballer and manager
• 1960 – Linford Christie, English athlete
• 1960 – Brad Jones, Australian racing driver
• 1961 – Christopher Meloni, American actor
• 1961 – Keren Woodward, English singer (Bananarama)
• 1962 – Pierre Carles, French documentarist
• 1962 – Clark Gregg, American actor
• 1962 – Mark Shulman, American children's author
• 1963 – Mike Gascoyne, British engineer
• 1963 – Karl Beattie, English television director and producer
• 1964 – Pete Incaviglia, American baseball player
• 1965 – Rodney King, American victim of police brutality
• 1966 – Bill Romanowski, American football player
• 1966 – Teddy Sheringham, English footballer
• 1966 – Garnet Silk, Jamaican singer (d. 1994)
• 1967 – Greg Camp, American musician (Smash Mouth)
• 1967 – Helen Chamberlain, British television presenter
• 1969 – Ajay Devgan, Indian Actor
• 1971 – Todd Woodbridge, Australian tennis player
• 1971 – ZEEBRA, Japanese hip hop artist
• 1972 – Chico Slimani, Moroccoan-British singer
• 1973 – Roselyn Sánchez, Puerto Rican singer, model & actress
• 1974 – Håkan Hellström, Swedish musician
• 1975 – Randy Livingston, American basketball player
• 1975 – Adam Rodriguez, American actor
• 1976 – Andreas Anastasopoulos, Greek shot putter
• 1976 – Rory Sabbatini, South African golfer
• 1977 – Jelena Abbou, Serbian fitness model
• 1977 – Michael Fassbender, Actor
• 1977 – Aiden Turner, British actor
• 1978 – John Gall, American baseball player
• 1979 – Jesse Carmichael, American musician (Maroon 5)
• 1980 – Carlos Salcido, Mexican footballer
• 1980 – Adam Fleming, English reporter
• 1980 – Ricky Hendrick, NASCAR driver and owner (d. 2004)
• 1981 – Michael Clarke, Australian cricketer
• 1981 – Bethany Joy Lenz-Galeotti, American actress
• 1982 – Marco Amelia, Italian footballer
• 1982 – Jeremy Bloom, American skier and football player
• 1982 – Bianca Chatfield, Australian netballer
• 1982 – Jack Evans, American professional wrestler
• 1982 – Leyla Milani, Canadian actress and model
• 1983 – Felix Borja, Ecuadorian footballer
• 1983 – Yung Joc, American rapper
• 1983 – Paul Capdeville, Chilean tennis player
• 1984 – Meryl Cassie, New Zealand actress
• 1984 – Ashley Peldon, American actress
• 1985 – Stephane Lambiel, Swiss figure skater
• 1990 – Amy Castle, American actress

Deaths

• 1118 – Baldwin I of Jerusalem, King of Jerusalem (b. c. 1058)
• 1272 – Richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1209)
• 1335 – Duke Henry of Carinthia (b. c. 1265)
• 1412 – Ruy Gonzáles de Clavijo, Spanish traveler and writer
• 1502 – Prince Arthur Tudor, son of Henry VII of England (b. 1486)
• 1507 – Francis of Paola, Italian founder of the Order of the Minims (b. 1416)
• 1640 – Maciej Kazimierz Sarbiewski, Polish author and prominent Latin poet (b. 1595)
• 1657 – Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1608)
• 1657 – Jean-Jacques Olier – French catholic priest, founder of the Society of Saint-Sulpice (b. 1608)
• 1720 – Joseph Dudley, colonial Governor of Massachusetts (b. 1647)
• 1742 – James Douglas, Scottish physician and anatomist (b. 1675)
• 1747 – Johann Jacob Dillenius, German botanist (b. 1684)
• 1754 – Thomas Carte, English historian (b. 1686)
• 1787 – Thomas Gage, British general (b. 1719)
• 1791 – Mirabeau, French statesman (b. 1749)
• 1801 – Thomas Dadford Junior, British canal engineer (b. c. 1761)
• 1803 – Sir James Montgomery, 1st Baronet, Scottish politician and judge (b. 1721)
• 1817 – Johann Heinrich Jung, German author (b. 1740)
• 1827 – Ludwig Heinrich Bojanus, German physician and naturalist (b. 1776)
• 1845 – Philip Charles Durham, Royal Navy Admiral (b. 1763)
• 1865 – General A. P. Hill, American Confederate general (b. 1825)
• 1872 – Samuel Morse, American painter and inventor of the telegraph (b. 1791)
• 1891 – Albert Pike, American Confederate Brigadier General, Envoy, Author, Attorney, and Freemason (b. 1809)
• 1902 – Esther Morris, suffragist and first female American judge (b. 1814)
• 1914 – Paul von Heyse, German writer, Nobel laureate (b. 1830)
• 1922 – Hermann Rorschach, Swiss psychologist (b. 1884)
• 1928 – Theodore William Richards, American chemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1868)
• 1930 – Empress Zauditu of Ethiopia (b. 1876)
• 1936 – Jean-Baptiste Eugène Estienne, French general (b. 1860)
• 1953 – Hugo Sperrle, German field marshal (b. 1885)
• 1958 – Tudor Davies, Welsh operatic tenor (b. 1892)
• 1958 – Josei Toda, Japanese second president of the Buddhist association Soka Gakkai (b. 1900)
• 1966 – C. S. Forester, English author (b. 1899)
• 1972 – Franz Halder, German general (b. 1884)
• 1972 – Toshitsugu Takamatsu, Japanese Martial Arts Grandmaster (b. 1887)
• 1972 – Gil Hodges, American baseball player and manager (b. 1924)
• 1974 – Georges Pompidou, President of France (b. 1911)
• 1987 – Buddy Rich, American drummer (b. 1917)
• 1992 – Tomisaburo Wakayama, Japanese actor (b. 1929)
• 1992 – Juan Gómez González, Spanish footballplayer (b. 1954)
• 1994 – Betty Furness, American actress (b. 1916)
• 1995 – Harvey Penick, American golf instructor (b. 1904)
• 1995 – Hannes Alfvén, Swedish physicist (b. 1908)
• 1998 – Rob Pilatus, American model and entertainer (Milli Vanilli) (b. 1965)
• 2000 – Tommaso Buscetta, Sicilian mafioso and pentito (b. 1928)
• 2001 – Charles Daudelin, Canadian artist (b. 1920)
• 2001 – Jennifer Syme, American actress (b. 1972)
• 2003 – Edwin Starr, American singer (b. 1942)
• 2004 – John Argyris, Greek aeronautical engineer (b. 1913)
• 2005 – Pope John Paul II (b. 1920)
• 2006 – Nina Schenk Gräfin von Stauffenberg, German wife of Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg (b. 1913)
• 2007 – Paul Reed, American actor (b. 1909)
• 2008 – Raúl Alfonsín, Argentine lawyer, politician and statesman (b. 1927)

Holidays and observances

• Malvinas Day in Argentina
• Nature Day or Sizdah be dar in Iran
• Saint Franciscus of Paola

External links

• BBC: On This Day
• The New York Times: On This Day
• On This Day in Canada

From Wikiquote

Quotes of the day from previous years:

2004

In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life — It goes on. ~ Robert Frost

• selected by Kalki

2005

To be an artist is a blessing and a privilege. Artists must never betray their true hearts. Artists must look beneath the surface and show that there is more to this world than what meets the eye. ~ Marvin Gaye (born 2 April 1939)

• selected by Kalki

2006

Whether it is happy or unhappy, a man's life is the only treasure he can ever possess. ~ Giacomo Casanova (born 2 April 1725)

• selected by Kalki

2007

How far should one accept the rules of the society in which one lives? To put it another way: at what point does conformity become corruption? Only by answering such questions does the conscience truly define itself. ~ Kenneth Tynan

• proposed by Kalki

2008

Forgiveness is the offspring of a feeling of heroism, of a noble heart, of a generous mind, whilst forgetfulness is only the result of a weak memory, or of an easy carelessness, and still oftener of a natural desire for calm and quietness. Hatred, in the course of time, kills the unhappy wretch who delights in nursing it in his bosom. ~ Giacomo Casanova

• proposed by Kalki

2009

Truth is on the march, and nothing will stop it. ~ Émile Zola (born 2 April 1840)

• proposed by Kalki

2010

Suggestions

All writing is an antisocial act, since the writer is a man who can speak freely only when alone; to be himself he must lock himself up, to communicate he must cut himself off from all communication; and in this there is something always a little mad. ~ Kenneth Tynan (born 2 April 1927)

• 3 Kalki 21:13, 31 March 2007 (UTC)
• 3 InvisibleSun 21:54, 31 March 2007 (UTC)
• 3 Zarbon 23:13, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

The man who reacts to the universe with a cry of impotent anguish is acceptable as an artist only if he can persuade us that he has sanely considered the other possible reactions and found them inadequate. ~ Kenneth Tynan

• 3 Kalki 21:13, 31 March 2007 (UTC)
• 3 InvisibleSun 21:54, 31 March 2007 (UTC)
• 2 Zarbon 23:13, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

We shall be judged by what we do, not by how we felt while we were doing it. ~ Kenneth Tynan

• 3 Kalki 21:13, 31 March 2007 (UTC)
• 3 InvisibleSun 21:54, 31 March 2007 (UTC)
• 2 Zarbon 23:13, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

You see, war is not the answer
For only love can conquer hate.

You know we've got to find a way
To bring some lovin' here today.
~ Marvin Gaye ~ (born 2 April 1939)

• 3 Kalki 21:27, 31 March 2007 (UTC)
• 3 InvisibleSun 21:54, 31 March 2007 (UTC)
• 1 Zarbon 23:13, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

Indifference is the strongest force in the universe. It makes everything it touches meaningless. Love and hate don't stand a chance against it. ~ Joan Vinge (born April 2)

• 3 and strong lean toward 4. Zarbon 06:31, 22 November 2008 (UTC)
  • Source: "What's Your Mood?: A Good Day, Bad Day, In-between Day Book" - by Kimberly Potts - Psychology - 2005
• 1 Kalki 02:17, 29 March 2009 (UTC) Indifference is not a force at all — it is the base out of which Life and all Love and Hate emerge, and with Love ultimately the victor in all that endures with Life. ~ Kalki 02:17, 29 March 2009 (UTC)

Human life began in flight and fear. Religion rose from rituals of propitiation, spells to lull the punishing elements. ~ Camille Paglia

• 2 Zarbon 05:32, 30 March 2009 (UTC)
• 1 Kalki 06:44, 31 March 2009 (UTC) I might rank this a 2 or more with some context, but it doesn't seem to have much of a point as it stands.
• 2 InvisibleSun 22:15, 1 April 2009 (UTC)

Two souls with but a single thought,
Two hearts that beat as one. ~ Eligius Franz Joseph von Münch-Bellinghausen

• 2 Zarbon 05:32, 30 March 2009 (UTC)
• 2 Kalki 06:44, 31 March 2009 (UTC)
• 2 InvisibleSun 22:15, 1 April 2009 (UTC)

I will begin with this confession: whatever I have done in the course of my life, whether it be good or evil, has been done freely; I am a free agent. ~ Giacomo Casanova

• 3 Zarbon 05:32, 30 March 2009 (UTC)
• 2 Kalki 06:44, 31 March 2009 (UTC)
• 2 InvisibleSun 22:15, 1 April 2009 (UTC)

Man is free; yet we must not suppose that he is at liberty to do everything he pleases, for he becomes a slave the moment he allows his actions to be ruled by passion. The man who has sufficient power over himself to wait until his nature has recovered its even balance is the truly wise man, but such beings are seldom met with. ~ Giacomo Casanova

• 2 Zarbon 05:32, 30 March 2009 (UTC)
• 3 Kalki 06:44, 31 March 2009 (UTC)
• 3 InvisibleSun 22:15, 1 April 2009 (UTC)

My success and my misfortunes, the bright and the dark days I have gone through, everything has proved to me that in this world, either physical or moral, good comes out of evil just as well as evil comes out of good. ~ Giacomo Casanova

• 4 Zarbon 05:32, 30 March 2009 (UTC)
• 2 Kalki 06:44, 31 March 2009 (UTC)
• 3 InvisibleSun 22:15, 1 April 2009 (UTC)

My errors will point to thinking men the various roads, and will teach them the great art of treading on the brink of the precipice without falling into it. It is only necessary to have courage, for strength without self-confidence is useless. ~ Giacomo Casanova

• 3 Zarbon 05:32, 30 March 2009 (UTC)
• 2 Kalki 06:44, 31 March 2009 (UTC) with a lean toward 3.
• 3 InvisibleSun 22:15, 1 April 2009 (UTC)

The man who forgets does not forgive, he only loses the remembrance of the harm inflicted on him; forgiveness is the offspring of a feeling of heroism, of a noble heart, of a generous mind, whilst forgetfulness is only the result of a weak memory, or of an easy carelessness, and still oftener of a natural desire for calm and quietness. Hatred, in the course of time, kills the unhappy wretch who delights in nursing it in his bosom. ~ Giacomo Casanova

• 3 Zarbon 05:32, 30 March 2009 (UTC)
• 1 Kalki 06:44, 31 March 2009 (UTC) (most of this was used last year, otherwise I would rank it higher.)

Man is free, but his freedom ceases when he has no faith in it. ~ Giacomo Casanova

OR

Man is free; but not unless he believes he is ~ Giacomo Casanova

• 2 for both versions. Zarbon 05:32, 30 March 2009 (UTC)
• 2 Kalki 06:44, 31 March 2009 (UTC)
• 2 InvisibleSun 22:15, 1 April 2009 (UTC)

When you fool a fool, you strike a blow for intelligence. ~ Giacomo Casanova

OR

We avenge intelligence when we deceive a fool, and the victory is worth the trouble. ~ Giacomo Casanova

OR

We avenge intellect when we dupe a fool, and it is a victory not to be despised. ~ Giacomo Casanova

• 3 for all versions. Zarbon 05:32, 30 March 2009 (UTC)
• 2 Kalki 06:44, 31 March 2009 (UTC) for either the first or last translations, with a lean toward 3 for the first.
• 2 for the second and third versions. - InvisibleSun 22:15, 1 April 2009 (UTC)

Eternity is here (in the stable at Bethlehem and on the cross of Calvary) in time. ~ Karl Barth

• 3 Kalki 23:08, 9 May 2009 (UTC) with a lean toward 4. (Good Friday 2010, in both Western and Eastern Orthodox calculations)

My spirit to yours dear brother,
Do not mind because many sounding your name do not understand you,
I do not sound your name, but I understand you,
I specify you with joy O my comrade to salute you, and to salute those who are with you, before and since, and those to come also,
That we all labor together transmitting the same charge and succession,
We few equals indifferent of lands, indifferent of times,
We, enclosers of all continents, all castes, allowers of all theologies,
Compassionaters, perceivers, rapport of men,
We walk silent among disputes and assertions, but reject not the disputers nor any thing that is asserted,
We hear the bawling and din, we are reach'd at by divisions, jealousies, recriminations on every side,
They close peremptorily upon us to surround us, my comrade,
Yet we walk unheld, free, the whole earth over, journeying up and down till we make our ineffaceable mark upon time and the diverse eras,
Till we saturate time and eras, that the men and women of races, ages to come, may prove brethren and lovers as we are.
~ Walt Whitman in "To Him Who Was Crucified" in Leaves of Grass
(for Good Friday 2010, in both Western and Eastern Orthodox calculations)

• 4 Kalki 01:02, 31 May 2009 (UTC)

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Games released on April 2.

From Familypedia

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

Events

• 68 - Galba, governor of Hispania, names himself legatus senatus populique Romani, breaking the line of Roman emperors begun with Julius Caesar and Augustus.
• 1453 - Mehmed II begins his siege of Constantinople (İstanbul), which would fall on May 29.
• 1513 - Juan Ponce de Leon sets foot on Florida becoming the first known European to do so.
• 1755 - Commodore William James captures 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.
• 1804 - Forty merchantmen are wrecked when a convoy led by HMS Apollo runs aground off Portugal.
• 1810 - Napoleon Bonaparte marries Archduchess Marie Louise of Austria.
• 1863 - Richmond Bread Riot: Food shortages incite hundreds of angry women to riot in Richmond and demand the Confederate government to release emergency supplies.
• 1865 - American Civil War: Siege of Petersburg broken - Union troops capture the trenches around Petersburg, forcing Confederate General Robert E. Lee to retreat.
• 1865 - American Civil War: Confederate President Jefferson Davis and most of his Cabinet flee the Confederate capital of Richmond.
• 1900 - The Foraker Act passes through Congress, giving Puerto Ricans limited self-rule.
• 1902 - Dmitry Sipyagin, Minister of Interior of the Russian Empire, is assassinated by a terrorist in the Marie Palace, St Petersburg.
• 1902 - "Electric Theatre", the first full-time movie theater in the United States, opens in Los Angeles.
• 1917 - World War I: The Battle of Vimy Ridge commences when the Canada Corps launches an artillery bombardment of the German trenches. To that time, the biggest artillery bombardment in history.
• 1917 - World War I: U.S. President Woodrow Wilson asks the U.S. Congress for a declaration of war on Germany.
• 1917 - The first woman ever elected to the U.S. Congress, Jeannette Rankin, takes her seat as a representative from Montana.
• 1930 - Haile Selassie is proclaimed emperor of Ethiopia.
• 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 in the early 1950s during the Red Scare.
• 1972 - Vietnam War: Easter Offensive begins - North Vietnamese soldiers of the 304th Division take the northern half of Quang Tri Province.
• 1973 - Launch of LexisNexis computerized legal research service.
• 1975 - Vietnam War: Thousands of civilian refugees flee from the Quang Ngai Province in front of advancing North Vietnamese troops.
• 1975 - CN Tower completed in Toronto Ontario Canada: reaches 553.33 metres in height, becoming the world's tallest free-standing structure.
• 1980 - U.S. President Jimmy Carter signs the Crude Oil Windfall Profits Tax Act in an effort to help the U.S. economy rebound.
• 1982 - Falklands War: 1982 invasion of the Falkland Islands by Argentina. See also 1833 invasion of the Falkland Islands by United Kingdom
• 1984 - Sqn Ldr Rakesh Sharma is launched aboard Soyuz T-11, and becomes the first Indian in space.
• 1989 - Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev arrives in Havana, Cuba to meet with Fidel Castro in an attempt to mend strained relations.
• 1991 - First female Premier of a Canadian province takes office. Rita Johnston succeeds William Vander Zalm, who 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.
• 2002 - Israeli forces surrounded the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem into which armed Palestinians retreated. A siege ensues.
• 2004 - Islamist terrorists involved in the 11 March 2004 Madrid attacks attempt a thwarted bombing of the Spanish high-speed train AVE near Madrid.
• 2005 - James Stewart Jr. becomes first African American to win a major motorsports event.
• 2006 - Over 60 tornadoes breakout, hardest hit is Tennessee with 29 people killed.

Births

• 742 - Charlemagne (d. 814)
• 1348 - Andronikos IV Palaiologos, Byzantine Emperor (d. 1385)
• 1527 - Abraham Ortelius, Flemish cartographer and geographer (d. 1598)
• 1565 - Cornelis de Houtman, Dutch explorer (d. 1599)
• 1618 - Francesco Maria Grimaldi, Italian mathematician and physicist (d. 1663)
• 1653 - Prince George of Denmark, prince consort of Anne of England (d. 1708)
• 1719 - Johann Wilhelm Ludwig Gleim, German poet (d. 1803)
• 1725 - Giacomo Casanova, Italian adventurer and writer (d. 1798)
• 1781 - Bhagwan Swaminarayan, religious leader (d. 1830)
• 1788 - Francisco Balagtas, Filipino poet (d. 1862)
• 1798 - August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben, German poet (d. 1874)
• 1805 - Hans Christian Andersen, Danish writer (d. 1875)
• 1814 - Erastus Brigham Bigelow, American inventor (d. 1879)
• 1827 - William Holman Hunt, English painter (d. 1910)
• 1838 - Léon Gambetta, French statesman (d. 1882)
• 1840 - Émile Zola, French novelist and critic (d. 1902)
• 1862 - Nicholas Murray Butler, president of Columbia University, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1947)
• 1867 - Eugen Sandow, German bodybuilder and circus performer (d. 1925)
• 1869 - Hughie Jennings, American baseball player and manager (d. 1928)
• 1875 - Walter Chrysler, American automobile pioneer (d. 1940)
• 1884 - Sir John Squire, British poet, writer, and historian (d. 1958))
• 1891 - Max Ernst, German painter (d. 1976)
• 1900 - Roberto Arlt, Argentine writer (d. 1942)
• 1902 - Jan Tschichold, German typographer (d. 1974)
• 1903 - Lionel Chevrier, Canadian politician (d. 1987)
• 1907 - Luke Appling, American baseball player (d. 1991)

• 1908 - Buddy Ebsen, American actor and dancer (d. 2003)
• 1910 - Paul Triquet, Canadian military officer (d. 1980)
• 1912 - Herbert Mills, American singer (The Mills Brothers) (d. 1989)
• 1914 - Sir Alec Guinness, English actor (d. 2000)
• 1917 - Lou Monte, American singer (d. 1989)
• 1920 - Jack Webb, American actor, director, and producer (d. 1982)
• 1923 - G. Spencer-Brown, English mathematician
• 1923 - Clifford Scott Green, American Federal Judge
• 1926 - George MacDonald Fraser, English author
• 1926 - Sir Jack Brabham, Australian race car driver
• 1927 - Carmen Basilio, American boxer
• 1927 - Ferenc Puskás, Hungarian footballer (d. 2006)
• 1927 - Kenneth Tynan, English critic and writer (d. 1980)
• 1928 - Joseph Cardinal Bernardin, American cardinal (d. 1996)
• 1928 - Serge Gainsbourg, French singer (d. 1991)
• 1934 - Paul Joseph Cohen, American mathematician (d. 2007)
• 1934 - Brian Glover, British actor and wrestler (d. 1997)
• 1937 - Dick Radatz, American baseball player (d. 2005)
• 1938 - John Larsson, 17th General of The Salvation Army
• 1938 - Whirlaway, American thoroughbred racehorse, 1941 Triple Crown Winner (d. 1953)
• 1938 - Booker Little, American jazz trumpeter (d. 1961)
• 1939 - Marvin Gaye, American singer (d. 1984)
• 1939 - Lise Thibault, Lieutenant-governor of Quebec
• 1940 - Penelope Keith, English actress
• 1941 - Dr. Demento, American radio personality
• 1942 - Leon Russell, American blues-rock pianist/guitarist session musician
• 1942 - Hiroyuki Sakai, Japanese chef
• 1945 - Linda Hunt, American actress
• 1945 - Reggie Smith, American baseball player
• 1945 - Don Sutton, American baseball player
• 1945 - Anne Waldman, American poet
• 1946 - Kurt Winter, Canadian guitarist (The Guess Who) (d. 1997)
• 1947 - Emmylou Harris, American singer
• 1947 - Camille Paglia, American feminist writer
• 1949 - Paul Gambaccini, British television presenter
• 1949 - Pamela Reed, American actress
• 1949 - Ron Palillo, American actor
• 1951 - Ayako Okamoto, Japanese golfer
• 1951 - Moriteru Ueshiba, Japanese martial artist
• 1952 - Pat Drummond, Australian singer-songwriter
• 1952 - Thierry Le Luron, French humorist (d. 1986)
• 1952 - Leon Wilkeson, American rock bassist (Lynyrd Skynyrd) (d. 2001)
• 1953 - Jim Allister, Northern Irish politician
• 1953 - David Robinson, American musician
• 1953 - Debralee Scott, American actress (d. 2005)
• 1954 - Allan Davis, Australian diplomat
• 1954 - Susumu Hirasawa, Japanese electropop musician
• 1955 - Dana Carvey, American actor, SNL
• 1955 - Michael Stone, British terrorist
• 1959 - Juha Kankkunen, Finnish race car driver
• 1959 - Badou Zaki, Morrocan footballer and manager
• 1960 - Linford Christie, English athlete
• 1960 - Brad Jones, Australian racing driver
• 1961 - Christopher Meloni, American actor
• 1961 - Keren Woodward, English singer (Bananarama)
• 1962 - Pierre Carles, French documentarist
• 1962 - Clark Gregg, American actor
• 1962 - Mark Shulman, American children's author
• 1963 - Mike Gascoyne, British engineer
• 1964 - Pete Incaviglia, American baseball player
• 1965 - Rodney King, American victim of police brutality
• 1966 - Bill Romanowski, American football player
• 1966 - Teddy Sheringham, English footballer
• 1966 - Garnet Silk, Jamaican singer (d. 1994)
• 1967 - Greg Camp, American musician (Smash Mouth)
• 1967 - Helen Chamberlain, British television presenter
• 1971 - Todd Woodbridge, Australian tennis player
• 1971 - ZEEBRA, Japanese hip hop artist
• 1972 - Chico Slimani, Moroccoan-British singer
• 1973 - Roselyn Sanchez, Puerto Rican actress
• 1974 - Håkan Hellström, Swedish musician
• 1975 - Adam Rodriguez, American actor
• 1977 - Michael Fassbender, Actor
• 1977 - Jelena Abbou, Serbian fitness model
• 1976 - Andreas Anastasopoulos, Greek shot putter
• 1978 - John Gall, American baseball player
• 1980 - Carlos Salcido, Mexican footballer
• 1980 - Adam Fleming, English news reporter
• 1980 - Ricky Hendrick, NASCAR driver and owner
• 1981 - Michael Clarke, Australian cricketer
• 1981 - Bethany Joy Lenz-Galeotti, American actress
• 1982 - Jeremy Bloom, American skier and football player
• 1982 - Bianca Chatfield, Australian netballer
• 1982 - Jack Evans, American professional wrestler
• 1982 - Leyla Milani, Canadian actress and model
• 1983 - Felix Borja, Ecuadorian footballer
• 1983 - Yung Joc, American rapper
• 1983 - Paul Capdeville, Chilean tennis player
• 1984 - Meryl Cassie, New Zealand actress

Deaths

• 1118 - Baldwin I of Jerusalem, King of Jerusalem
• 1272 - Richard, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1209)
• 1335 - Duke Henry of Carinthia
• 1412 - Ruy Gonzáles de Clavijo, Spanish traveler and writer
• 1502 - Prince Arthur Tudor, son of Henry VII of England (b. 1486)
• 1507 - Francis of Paola, Italian founder of the Order of the Minims (b. 1416)
• 1657 - Ferdinand III (b. 1608)
• 1657 - Jean-Jacques Olier - French catholic priest, founder of the Society of Saint-Sulpice (b. 1608)
• 1720 - Joseph Dudley, colonial Governor of Massachusetts (b. 1647)
• 1742 - James Douglas, Scottish physician and anatomist (b. 1675)
• 1747 - Johann Jacob Dillenius, German botanist (b. 1684)
• 1754 - Thomas Carte, English historian (b. 1686)
• 1787 - Thomas Gage, British general (b. 1719)
• 1791 - Mirabeau, French statesman (b. 1749)
• 1801 - Thomas Dadford Junior, British canal engineer
• 1803 - Sir James Montgomery, Scottish politician and judge (b. 1721)
• 1817 - Johann Heinrich Jung, German author (b. 1740)
• 1827 - Ludwig Heinrich Bojanus, German physician and naturalist (b. 1776)
• 1845 - Philip Charles Durham, Royal Navy Admiral (b. 1763)
• 1865 - General A. P. Hill, American Confederate general (b. 1825)
• 1872 - Samuel F. B. Morse, American painter and inventor of the telegraph (b. 1791)
• 1902 - Esther Morris, suffragist and first female American judge (b. 1814)
• 1914 - Paul von Heyse, German writer, Nobel laureate (b. 1830)
• 1922 - Hermann Rorschach, Swiss psychologist (b. 1884)
• 1928 - Theodore William Richards, American chemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1868)
• 1930 - Empress Zauditu of Ethiopia (b. 1876)
• 1936 - Jean-Baptiste Eugène Estienne, French general (b. 1860)
• 1953 - Hugo Sperrle, German field marshal (b. 1885)
• 1966 - C. S. Forester, English author (b. 1899)
• 1972 - Franz Halder, German general (b. 1884)
• 1972 - Toshitsugu Takamatsu, Japanese Martial Arts Grandmaster (b. 1887)
• 1972 - Gil Hodges, American baseball player and manager (b. 1924)
• 1974 - Georges Pompidou, President of France (b. 1911)
• 1987 - Buddy Rich, American drummer (b. 1917)
• 1992 - Tomisaburo Wakayama, Japanese actor (b. 1929)
• 1992 - Juan Gómez González, Spanish footballplayer (b. 1954)
• 1994 - Betty Furness, American actress (b. 1916)
• 1995 - Harvey Penick, American golf instructor (b. 1904)
• 1995 - Hannes Alfvén, Swedish physicist (b. 1908)
• 1998 - Rob Pilatus, American model and entertainer (Milli Vanilli) (b. 1965)
• 2001 - Charles Daudelin, Canadian artist (b. 1920)
• 2001 - Jennifer Syme, American actress (b. 1972)
• 2003 - Edwin Starr, American singer (b. 1942)
• 2004 - John Argyris, Greek aeronautical engineer (b. 1913)
• 2005 - Pope John Paul II (b. 1920)
• 2006 - Nina Schenk von Stauffenberg, German wife of freedom fighter Claus Schenk von Stauffenberg (b. 1913)

Holidays and observances

• International Children's Book Day
• Malvinas Day in Argentina
• Sizdah be dar in Iran

Liturgical feasts

• Saint Franciscus of Paola (1507)
• Blessed Arnold of Leuven
• Saint Genoveva of Brabant (1760)

External links

• BBC: On This Day
• The New York Times: On This Day

• On This Day in Canada