Tuesday April 2, 2024
A date scroll with Latin text from “The Extremes of Good and Evil” by Cicero, written in 45 BC.

April 2: Day of the Week

April 2, 2024 is the 93rd day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 273 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Tuesday.

If you are trying to learn French then this day of the week in French is mardi.

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Here’s the April calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.

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Zodiac & Birthstone

Aries is the zodiac 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.

April 2 Historical Event(s)

1755
Commodore William James captures the pirate fortress of Suvarnadurg on west coast of India.
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.
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.
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
The Liberal Movement breaks away from the Liberal and Country League in South Australia.
1984
Squadron Leader Rakesh Sharma is launched aboard Soyuz T-11, and becomes the first Indian in space.
1992
In New York, Mafia boss John Gotti is convicted of murder and racketeering and is later sentenced to life in prison.
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.

Who were born on April 2?

1788
Wilhelmine Reichard, first German women balloonist (d. 1848)
1914
Sir Alec Guinness, English actor (d. 2000)
1925
George MacDonald Fraser, English author (d. 2008)
1927
Kenneth Tynan, English critic and writer (d. 1980)
1945
Linda Hunt, American actress
1949
Pamela Reed, American actress
1955
Michael Stone, British terrorist
1976
Rory Sabbatini, South African golfer
1977
Jelena Abbou, Serbian fitness model
1980
Adam Fleming, English reporter

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