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 [edit]

• 1453 – The Ottoman Sultan Mehmet II begins the siege of Constantinople.
• 1513 – Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León first sights land in what is now Florida.
• 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.
• 1800 – Ludwig van Beethoven leads the premiere of his First Symphony in Vienna.
• 1801 – Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Copenhagen – The British capture 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: 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.
• 1885 – Cree warriors attacked the village of Frog Lake, North-West Territories, Canada, killing 9.
• 1900 – The United States 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.
• 1911 – The Australian Bureau of Statistics conducts the country's first national census.
• 1912 – The ill-fated RMS Titanic begins sea trials.
• 1917 – World War I: 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.
• 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 – 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.
• 1986 – Alabama governor George Wallace, a former segregationist most widely 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.
• 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.
• 1994 – The National Convention of New Sudan of the SPLA/M opens in Chukudum
• 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 in the United States; hardest hit is in Tennessee with 29 people killed

Births [edit]

• 742 – Charlemagne, Frankish king (d. 814)
• 1545 – Elisabeth of Valois (d. 1568)
• 1565 – Cornelis de Houtman, Dutch explorer (d. 1599)
• 1614 – Jahanara Begum Sahib, Indian daughter of Shah Jahan (d. 1681)
• 1618 – Francesco Maria Grimaldi, Italian mathematician and physicist (d. 1663)
• 1647 – Maria Sibylla Merian, German-Dutch botanist (d. 1717)
• 1653 – Prince George of Denmark (d. 1708)
• 1719 – Johann Wilhelm Ludwig Gleim, German poet (d. 1803)
• 1725 – Giacomo Casanova, Italian explorer and author (d. 1798)
• 1788 – Francisco Balagtas, Filipino poet (d. 1862)
• 1788 – Wilhelmine Reichard, German balloonist (d. 1848)
• 1789 – Lucio Norberto Mansilla, Argentinian general and politician (d. 1871)
• 1798 – August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben, German poet (d. 1874)
• 1805 – Hans Christian Andersen, Danish author and poet (d. 1875)
• 1814 – Erastus Brigham Bigelow, American inventor (d. 1879)
• 1827 – William Holman Hunt, English painter (d. 1910)
• 1838 – Léon Gambetta, French politician, 45th Prime Minister of France (d. 1882)
• 1840 – Émile Zola, French author and critic (d. 1902)
• 1841 – Clément Ader, French engineer, designed the Ader Avion III (d. 1926)
• 1861 – Iván Persa, Slovenian priest (d. 1935)
• 1862 – Nicholas Murray Butler, American philosopher and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1947)
• 1867 – Eugen Sandow, German bodybuilder (d. 1925)
• 1869 – Hughie Jennings, American baseball player and manager (d. 1928)
• 1870 – Julius Körner, German rower
• 1875 – Walter Chrysler, American businessman, founded Chrysler (d. 1940)
• 1875 – William Donne, English cricketer (d. 1942)
• 1884 – J. C. Squire, English poet, author, and historian (d. 1958)
• 1891 – Jack Buchanan, Scottish actor, singer, producer, and director (d. 1957)
• 1891 – Max Ernst, German painter, sculptor, and poet (d. 1976)
• 1900 – Roberto Arlt, Argentinian journalist, author, and playwright (d. 1942)
• 1900 – Anis Fuleihan, Cypriot-American pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1970)
• 1902 – Jan Tschichold, German typographer (d. 1974)
• 1903 – Lionel Chevrier, Canadian politician (d. 1987)
• 1906 – Alphonse-Marie Parent, Canadian priest and educator (d. 1970)
• 1907 – Luke Appling, American baseball player and manager (d. 1991)
• 1908 – Buddy Ebsen, American actor and dancer (d. 2003)
• 1910 – Paul Triquet, Canadian general, Victoria Cross recipient (d. 1980)
• 1910 – Chico Xavier, Brazilian medium (d. 2002)
• 1914 – Alec Guinness, English actor (d. 2000)
• 1917 – Dabbs Greer, American actor (d. 2007)
• 1917 – Lou Monte, American singer (d. 1989)
• 1920 – Gerald Bouey, Canadian lieutenant and civil servant (d. 2004)
• 1920 – Jack Stokes, English animator and director (d. 2013)
• 1920 – Jack Webb, American actor, director, screenwriter, and producer (d. 1982)
• 1921 – Baron Hans Heinrich Thyssen-Bornemisza, Dutch-Swiss businessman (d. 2002)
• 1923 – Clifford Scott Green, American judge (d. 2007)
• 1923 – Gloria Henry, American actress
• 1923 – G. Spencer-Brown, English mathematician, psychologist, and author
• 1924 – Bobby Ávila, Mexican baseball player (d. 2004)
• 1925 – George MacDonald Fraser, English author and screenwriter (d. 2008)
• 1925 – Hans Rosenthal, German radio and television host (d. 1987)
• 1926 – Jack Brabham, Australian race car driver
• 1927 – Carmen Basilio, American boxer (d. 2012)
• 1927 – Kenneth Tynan, English critic (d. 1980)
• 1928 – Joseph Bernardin, American cardinal (d. 1996)
• 1928 – Serge Gainsbourg, French singer-songwriter, actor and director (d. 1991)
• 1928 – David Robinson, Irish horticulturist (d. 2004)
• 1930 – Roddy Maude-Roxby, English actor
• 1930 – William Smith, 4th Viscount Hambleden (d. 2012)
• 1932 – Edward Egan, American cardinal
• 1933 – György Konrád, Hungarian sociologist and author
• 1934 – Paul Joseph Cohen, American mathematician (d. 2007)
• 1934 – Brian Glover, English wrestler and actor (d. 1997)
• 1934 – Carl Kasell, American journalist
• 1935 – Sharon Acker, Canadian actress
• 1936 – Shaul Ladany, Serbian-Israeli race walker
• 1937 – Dick Radatz, American baseball player (d. 2005)
• 1937 – Denis Tuohy, Irish journalist and actor
• 1938 – John Larsson, Swedish 17th General of The Salvation Army
• 1938 – Booker Little, American trumpet player and composer (d. 1961)
• 1938 – Al Weis, American baseball player
• 1939 – Marvin Gaye, American singer-songwriter (The Moonglows) (d. 1984)
• 1939 – Anthony Lake, American diplomat and academic, 18th United States National Security Advisor
• 1939 – Lise Thibault, Canadian politician, 27th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec
• 1940 – Donald Jackson, Canadian figure skater
• 1940 – Mike Hailwood, English motorcycle racer (d. 1981)
• 1940 – Penelope Keith, English actress
• 1941 – Dr. Demento, American radio host
• 1942 – Leon Russell, American singer-songwriter and pianist
• 1942 – Hiroyuki Sakai, Japanese chef
• 1942 – Roshan Seth, Indian-English actor
• 1943 – Caterina Bueno, Italian singer (d. 2007)
• 1943 – Larry Coryell, American guitarist (The Free Spirits and The Eleventh House)
• 1944 – Bill Malinchak, American football player
• 1945 – Linda Hunt, American actress
• 1945 – Jürgen Drews, German singer-songwriter (Les Humphries Singers)
• 1945 – Reggie Smith, American baseball player and coach
• 1945 – Don Sutton, American baseball player and sportscaster
• 1945 – Anne Waldman, American poet
• 1946 – Judith Ann Lanzinger, American jurist
• 1946 – Kurt Winter, Canadian guitarist and songwriter (The Guess Who) (d. 1997)
• 1947 – Paquita la del Barrio, Mexican singer-songwriter
• 1947 – Emmylou Harris, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1947 – Camille Paglia, American author and critic
• 1948 – Roald Als, Danish cartoonist
• 1948 – Dimitris Mitropanos, Greek singer (d. 2012)
• 1948 – Daniel Okrent, American journalist and author
• 1948 – Joan D. Vinge, American author
• 1949 – Paul Gambaccini, American-English radio and television host
• 1949 – Bernd Müller, German footballer
• 1949 – Ron Palillo, American actor (d. 2012)
• 1949 – Pamela Reed, American actress
• 1949 – David Robinson, American drummer (The Modern Lovers, DMZ, and The Cars)
• 1950 – Lynn Westmoreland, American politician
• 1951 – Ayako Okamoto, Japanese golfer
• 1951 – Moriteru Ueshiba, Japanese martial artist
• 1952 – Will Hoy, English race car driver (d. 2002)
• 1952 – Thierry Le Luron, French comedian and actor (d. 1986)
• 1952 – Leon Wilkeson, American bass player and songwriter (Lynyrd Skynyrd) (d. 2001)
• 1953 – Jim Allister, Irish politician
• 1953 – Debralee Scott, American actress (d. 2005)
• 1953 – James Vance, American author and playwright
• 1954 – Gregory Abbott, American singer-songwriter and producer
• 1954 – Susumu Hirasawa, Japanese singer-songwriter (P-Model)
• 1954 – Donald Petrie, American actor and director
• 1955 – Michael Stone, English-Irish murderer
• 1957 – Giuliana De Sio, Italian actress
• 1958 – Stefano Bettarello, Italian rugby player
• 1958 – Larry Drew, American basketball player and coach
• 1958 – Amelia Marshall, American actress
• 1959 – David Frankel, American director, screenwriter and producer
• 1959 – Juha Kankkunen, Finnish race car driver
• 1959 – Yves Lavandier, French director and producer
• 1959 – Steve Monarque, American actor, screenwriter, and director
• 1959 – Badou Zaki, Moroccan footballer and manager
• 1960 – Linford Christie, Jamaican-English sprinter
• 1960 – Brad Jones, Australian race car driver
• 1960 – Pascale Nadeau, Canadian journalist
• 1961 – Buddy Jewell, American singer-songwriter
• 1961 – Christopher Meloni, American actor
• 1961 – Keren Woodward, English singer-songwriter (Bananarama)
• 1962 – Pierre Carles, French director and producer
• 1962 – Billy Dean, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1962 – Clark Gregg, American actor, director, and screenwriter
• 1962 – Mark Shulman, American author
• 1963 – Shane Barbi, American model, author, and activist
• 1963 – Sia Barbi, American model, author, and activist
• 1963 – Karl Beattie, English director and producer
• 1963 – Mike Gascoyne, English engineer
• 1963 – Tim Hodge, American voice actor, screenwriter, and animator
• 1963 – Michael Panes, American actor and singer
• 1964 – Pete Incaviglia, American baseball player and coach
• 1964 – Jonathon Sharkey, American wrestler
• 1965 – Rodney King, American victim of police brutality (d. 2012)
• 1966 – Bill Romanowski, American football player
• 1966 – Teddy Sheringham, English footballer
• 1966 – Garnett Silk, Jamaican singer (d. 1994)
• 1967 – Greg Camp, American singer-songwriter, and guitarist (Smash Mouth)
• 1967 – Helen Chamberlain, English television host
• 1967 – Phil Demmel, American guitarist and songwriter (Machine Head and Vio-lence)
• 1967 – Prince Paul, American DJ and producer (Gravediggaz, Stetsasonic, and Handsome Boy Modeling School)
• 1969 – Ajay Devgan, Indian actor, director, and producer
• 1971 – Elton, German comedian and television host
• 1971 – Zeebra, Japanese rapper (King Giddra)
• 1971 – Todd Woodbridge, Australian tennis player
• 1972 – Stephen Saux, American actor
• 1972 – Chico Slimani, Welsh singer and actor
• 1973 – Roselyn Sánchez, Puerto Rican singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
• 1974 – Håkan Hellström, Swedish singer (Broder Daniel)
• 1974 – Harold Hunter, American skateboarder and actor (d. 2006)
• 1975 – Randy Livingston, American basketball player
• 1975 – Adam Rodríguez, American actor and director
• 1975 – Katrin Rutschow-Stomporowski, German rower
• 1976 – Andreas Anastasopoulos, Greek shot putter
• 1976 – Geneva Cruz, Filipino singer and actress (Smokey Mountain)
• 1976 – Zane Lamprey, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1976 – Aaron Lohr, American actor and singer
• 1976 – Daisuke Namikawa, Japanese voice actor
• 1976 – Rory Sabbatini, South African golfer
• 1977 – Jelena Abbou, Serbian-American model
• 1977 – Per Elofsson, Swedish skier
• 1977 – Michael Fassbender, German-English actor
• 1977 – Annett Louisan, German singer
• 1977 – Aiden Turner, English actor
• 1977 – Nicki Pedersen, Danish motorcycle racer
• 1978 – Nick Berg, American businessman (d. 2004)
• 1978 – John Gall, American baseball player
• 1978 – Jaime Ray Newman, American actress and singer
• 1978 – Deon Richmond, American actor
• 1978 – Ethan Smith, American actor
• 1979 – Lindy Booth, Canadian-American actress
• 1979 – Jesse Carmichael, American keyboard player (Maroon 5)
• 1980 – Adam Fleming, Scottish journalist
• 1980 – Gavin Heffernan, Canadian director and screenwriter
• 1980 – Ricky Hendrick, American race car driver (d. 2004)
• 1980 – Cristian Lizzori, Italian footballer
• 1980 – Carlos Salcido, Mexican footballer
• 1981 – Michael Clarke, Australian cricketer
• 1981 – Bethany Joy Lenz, American actress, singer, director, and producer
• 1982 – Marco Amelia, Italian footballer
• 1982 – Jeremy Bloom, American football player and skier
• 1982 – Bianca Chatfield, Australian netball player
• 1982 – Jack Evans, American wrestler
• 1982 – David Ferrer, Spanish tennis player
• 1982 – Shanti Lowry, American actress and dancer
• 1982 – Leyla Milani, Canadian model and actress
• 1983 – Félix Borja, Ecuadorian footballer
• 1983 – Paul Capdeville, Chilean tennis player
• 1983 – Owen Fussey, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1983 – Yung Joc, American rapper
• 1984 – Nóra Barta, Hungarian diver
• 1984 – Meryl Cassie, New Zealand actress and singer
• 1984 – Jérémy Morel, French footballer
• 1984 – Ashley Peldon, American actress
• 1984 – Shawn Roberts, Canadian actor
• 1985 – Thom Evans, Zimbabwean-Scottish rugby player
• 1985 – Stéphane Lambiel, Swiss figure skater
• 1985 – Tyrice Thompson, American football player (d. 2013)
• 1986 – Ibrahim Afellay, Dutch footballer
• 1986 – Lee DeWyze, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1988 – Francesca Catalano American actress
• 1988 – Kimber James, American porn actress
• 1988 – Jesse Plemons, American actor
• 1990 – Amy Castle, American actress
• 1990 – Felipe Chalegre, Brazilian footballer
• 1990 – Roscoe Dash, American rapper
• 1990 – Evgeniya Kanaeva, Russian gymnast
• 1990 – Miralem Pjanić, Bosnian footballer
• 1992 – Sammi Kane Kraft, American actress (d. 2012)
• 1993 – Aaron Kelly, American singer

Deaths [edit]

• 1118 – Baldwin I of Jerusalem (b. 1058)
• 1272 – Richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall (b. 1209)
• 1335 – Henry of Bohemia (b. 1265)
• 1412 – Ruy Gonzáles de Clavijo, Spanish author
• 1502 – Arthur, Prince of Wales (b. 1486)
• 1507 – Francis of Paola, Italian friar and saint, founded the Order of the Minims (b. 1416)
• 1640 – Maciej Kazimierz Sarbiewski, Polish author and poet (b. 1595)
• 1657 – Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1608)
• 1657 – Jean-Jacques Olier, French priest, founded the Society of Saint-Sulpice (b. 1608)
• 1672 – Saint Pedro Calungsod, Filipino missionary and saint (b. 1654)
• 1720 – Joseph Dudley, American politician, Governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay (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, English general and politician, Governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay (b. 1719)
• 1791 – Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau, French journalist and politician (b. 1749)
• 1801 – Thomas Dadford, Jr., English engineer (b. 1761)
• 1803 – Sir James Montgomery, 1st Baronet, Scottish judge and politician (b. 1721)
• 1817 – Johann Heinrich Jung, German author (b. 1740)
• 1827 – Ludwig Heinrich Bojanus, German physician (b. 1776)
• 1845 – Philip Charles Durham, Scottish admiral (b. 1763)
• 1865 – A. P. Hill, American general (b. 1825)
• 1872 – Samuel Morse, American inventor, invented the Morse code (b. 1791)
• 1891 – Albert Pike, American lawyer and general (b. 1809)
• 1902 – Esther Hobart Morris, American judge (b. 1814)
• 1914 – Paul Heyse, German author, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1830)
• 1928 – Theodore William Richards, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1868)
• 1930 – Zewditu I of Ethiopia (b. 1876)
• 1933 – Ranjitsinhji, Indian cricketer (b. 1872)
• 1936 – Jean Baptiste Eugène Estienne, French general (b. 1860)
• 1953 – Hugo Sperrle, German field marshal (b. 1885)
• 1958 – Tudor Davies, Welsh tenor (b. 1892)
• 1958 – Jōsei Toda, Japanese educator and activist (b. 1900)
• 1966 – C. S. Forester, Egyptian-American author (b. 1899)
• 1972 – Franz Halder, German general (b. 1884)
• 1972 – Gil Hodges, American baseball player and manager (b. 1924)
• 1972 – Toshitsugu Takamatsu, Japanese martial artist (b. 1887)
• 1974 – Georges Pompidou, French politician, 19th President of France (b. 1911)
• 1977 – Walter Wolf, German politician (b. 1907)
• 1987 – Buddy Rich, American drummer, actor, and bandleader (b. 1917)
• 1992 – Juan Gómez González, Spanish football player (b. 1954)
• 1992 – Tomisaburo Wakayama, Japanese actor (b. 1929)
• 1994 – Betty Furness, American actress (b. 1916)
• 1995 – Harvey Penick, American golfer and coach (b. 1904)
• 1995 – Hannes Alfvén, Swedish physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1908)
• 1997 – Tomoyuki Tanaka, Japanese director and producer (b. 1910)
• 1998 – Rob Pilatus, American singer and dancer (Milli Vanilli and Rob & Fab) (b. 1965)
• 2000 – Tommaso Buscetta, Italian-American mobster (b. 1928)
• 2001 – Charles Daudelin, Canadian sculptor and painter (b. 1920)
• 2001 – Jennifer Syme, American actress (b. 1972)
• 2002 – Levi Celerio, Filipino composer and songwriter (b. 1910)
• 2002 – John R. Pierce, American engineer and author (b. 1910)
• 2003 – Edwin Starr, American singer-songwriter (b. 1942)
• 2004 – John Argyris, Greek computer scientist (b. 1913)
• 2005 – Betty Bolton, English actress (b. 1906)
• 2005 – Pope John Paul II (b. 1920)
• 2006 – Lloyd Searwar, Guyanese diplomat (b. 1925)
• 2006 – Bernard Seigal, American guitarist (Beat Farmers) (b. 1957)
• 2006 – Nina Schenk Gräfin von Stauffenberg, German wife of Claus von Stauffenberg (b. 1913)
• 2007 – Henry L. Giclas, American astronomer (b. 1910)
• 2007 – Paul Reed, American actor and singer (b. 1909)
• 2008 – Paul Arden, English author (b. 1940)
• 2008 – Ray Poole, American football player and coach (b. 1921)
• 2009 – Albert Sanschagrin, Canadian bishop (b. 1911)
• 2009 – Bud Shank, American saxophonist and flute player (The L.A. Four) (b. 1926)
• 2010 – Mike Cuellar, Cuban-American baseball player (b. 1937)
• 2010 – Chris Kanyon, American wrestler (b. 1970)
• 2010 – Thomas J. Moyer, American jurist (b. 1939)
• 2011 – John C. Haas, American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1918)
• 2012 – Jesús Aguilarte, Venezuelan captain and politician (b. 1959)
• 2012 – Warren Bonython, Australian explorer, author, and engineer (b. 1916)
• 2012 – Elizabeth Catlett, American-Mexican sculptor (b. 1915)
• 2012 – Allie Clark, American baseball player (b. 1923)
• 2012 – Mauricio Lasansky, American illustrator (b. 1914)
• 2012 – Jimmy Little, Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (b. 1937)
• 2013 – Fred, French illustrator (b. 1931)
• 2013 – Maysara Abu Hamdiya, Palestinian general (b. 1948)
• 2013 – Chuck Fairbanks, American football player and coach (b. 1933)
• 2013 – Jesús Franco, Spanish director, screenwriter, producer, and actor (b. 1930)
• 2013 – Jane Henson, American puppeteer and voice actress (b. 1934)
• 2013 – Johnny Lunde, Norwegian skier (b. 1923)
• 2013 – Duke Kimbrough McCall, American pastor and activist (b. 1914)
• 2013 – Milo O'Shea, Irish-American actor (b. 1926)
• 2013 – Mariano Pulido, Spanish footballer and manager (b. 1956)
• 2013 – Benjamin Purcell, American colonel and politician (b. 1928)
• 2013 – Maria Redaelli, Italian super-centenarian (b. 1899)
• 2013 – Linda Vogt, Australian flute player (b. 1922)
• 2013 – Robert Ward, American composer (b. 1917)
• 2013 – Ian Wilson, Australian politician (b. 1932)

Holidays and observances [edit]

• Christian Feast Day:
  • Abundius of Como
  • Amphianus of Lycia
  • Æbbe the Younger
  • Bronach of Glen-Seichis (Irish martyrology)
  • Francis of Paola
  • Nicetius of Lyon
  • Pedro Calungsod
  • Urban of Langres
  • April 2 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
• International Children's Book Day
• Malvinas Day (Argentina)
• Unity of Peoples of Russia and Belarus Day (Belarus)
• Thai Heritage Conservation Day (Thailand)
• World Autism Awareness Day

External links [edit]

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