Editing April 2 (section)

==Events==
===Pre-1600===
*[[1513]] &ndash; Having spotted land on March 27, Spanish explorer [[Juan Ponce de León]] comes ashore on what is now the [[U.S. state]] of [[Florida]], landing somewhere between the modern city of [[St. Augustine, Florida|St. Augustine]] and the mouth of the [[St. Johns River]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Tucker|first=Spencer C.|title=Almanac of American Military History. Vol. 1: 1000-1830|location=Santa Barbara, Calif.|publisher=ABC-CLIO|date=2013|isbn=9781598845303|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TO2mx314ST0C|page=37}}</ref>

===1601–1900===
*[[1725]] &ndash; [[Johann Sebastian Bach|J. S. Bach]]'s cantata [[Bleib bei uns, denn es will Abend werden, BWV 6|''Bleib bei uns, denn es will Abend werden'', BWV 6]], is first performed in Leipzig on [[Easter Monday]].<ref name="BD">{{cite web | url = https://www.bach-digital.de/receive/BachDigitalWork_work_00000007?lang=en | title = Bleib bei uns, denn es will Abend werden BWV 6; BC A 57 | work = [[Bach Digital]] | date = 2025 }}</ref>
*[[1755]] &ndash; [[Commodore (Royal Navy)|Commodore]] [[William James (naval commander)|William James]] captures the [[Maratha]] fortress of [[Suvarnadurg]] on the west coast of India.<ref>{{cite book|last=Sridharan|first=K.|title=A Maritime History of India|location=New Delhi|publisher=Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India|date=1982|oclc=1027237577|page=112}}</ref>
*[[1792]] &ndash; The [[Coinage Act of 1792|Coinage Act]] is passed by Congress, establishing the [[United States Mint]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Department of the Treasury|title=A Brief History of Coinage Legislation in the United States: 1792-1857|location=Washington, D.C.|publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office|date=1891|oclc=1118151364|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=F1nPAAAAMAAJ|page=3}}</ref>
*[[1800]] &ndash; [[Ludwig van Beethoven]] leads the premiere of his [[Symphony No. 1 (Beethoven)|First Symphony]] in [[Vienna]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Young|first=John Bell|title=Beethoven's Symphonies: A Guided Tour|location=New York|publisher=Amadeus Press|date=2008|isbn=9781574671698|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=G867QI1Un7UC|page=17}}</ref>
*[[1801]] &ndash; [[French Revolutionary Wars]]: In the [[Battle of Copenhagen (1801)|Battle of Copenhagen]] a British [[Royal Navy]] squadron defeats a hastily assembled, smaller, mostly-volunteer [[Royal Danish Navy|Dano-Norwegian Navy]] at high cost, forcing [[Denmark]] out of the [[Second League of Armed Neutrality]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Lauring|first=Palle|translator-last=Hohnen|translator-first=David|title=A History of the Kingdom of Denmark|location=Copenhagen|publisher=Copenhagen Høst|date=1968|oclc=252308058|pages=190–192}}</ref>
*[[1863]] &ndash; [[American Civil War]]: The largest in a series of [[Southern bread riots]] occurs in [[Richmond, Virginia]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Barber|first=E. Susan|chapter=Bread Riots|title=Women in the American Civil War. Vol. 1: A—G|editor-last=Frank|editor-first=Lisa Tendrich|location=Santa Barbara, Calif.|publisher=ABC-CLIO|date=2008|isbn=9781851096008|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=X2GeBUmW_MgC|page=140}}</ref>
*[[1865]] &ndash; American Civil War: Defeat at the [[Third Battle of Petersburg]] forces the [[Army of Northern Virginia]] and the Confederate government to abandon [[Richmond, Virginia]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Bowery|first=Charles R.|title=The Richmond-Petersburg Campaign, 1864-65|location=Santa Barbara, Calif.|publisher=Praeger|date=2014|isbn=9781440800436|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bxGJBAAAQBAJ|pages=142–145}}</ref>
*[[1885]] &ndash; Canadian [[Cree]] warriors [[Frog Lake Massacre|attack]] the village of [[Frog Lake, Alberta|Frog Lake]], killing nine.<ref>{{cite book|last=Tucker|first=Spencer C.|chapter=Chronology|title=A Global Chronology of Conflict: From the Ancient World to the Modern Middle East. Vol. 4: 1861—1918|editor-last=Tucker|editor-first=Spencer C.|location=Santa Barbara, Calif.|publisher=ABC=CLIO|date=2010|isbn=9781851096671|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=h5_tSnygvbIC|page=1485}}</ref>

===1901–present===
*[[1902]] &ndash; [[Dmitry Sipyagin]], [[Ministry of Internal Affairs (Russia)|Minister of Interior]] of the [[Russian Empire]], is assassinated in the [[Mariinsky Palace]], [[Saint Petersburg]].
*  1902   &ndash; "Electric Theatre", the first full-time [[movie theater]] in the United States, opens in [[Los Angeles]].
*[[1911]] &ndash; The [[Australian Bureau of Statistics]] conducts the country's first [[Census in Australia|national census]].
*[[1912]] &ndash; The ill-fated {{RMS|Titanic}} begins [[sea trial]]s.
*[[1917]] &ndash; [[American entry into World War I]]: President Wilson [[United States declaration of war on Germany (1917)#President Wilson's speech to Congress|asks the U.S. Congress]] for a declaration of war on Germany.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=In Defense of Woodrow Wilson |first1=David |last1=Frum |magazine=The Atlantic |date=2 February 2024 |access-date=24 March 2024 |volume=333|issue=2|url-access=subscription |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2024/03/woodrow-wilson-racism-civil-rights/677174/ |page=75 |issn=1072-7825}}</ref>
*[[1921]] &ndash; The [[Autonomous Government of Khorasan]], a military government encompassing the modern state of [[Iran]], is established.
*[[1930]] &ndash; After the mysterious death of Empress [[Zewditu]], [[Haile Selassie]] is proclaimed emperor of [[Ethiopia]].
*[[1954]] &ndash; A 19-month-old infant is swept up in the ocean tides at [[Hermosa Beach, California]]. Local photographer [[John L. Gaunt]] photographs the incident; 1955 Pulitzer winner "[[Tragedy by the Sea]]".
*[[1956]] &ndash; ''[[As 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]] &ndash; The Soviet Union launches [[Zond 1]].
*[[1969]] &ndash; [[LOT Polish Airlines Flight 165 (1969)|LOT Polish Airlines Flight 165]] crashes into the [[Polica (mountain)|Polica mountain]] near [[Zawoja]], Poland, killing 53.<ref name="Lachowice">{{cite web |title=Aviation tragedy on Polica |url=http://www.zswsucha.iap.pl/STREFA_N/WiLeHi/zawoja/tragedia.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071020032311/http://www.zswsucha.iap.pl/STREFA_N/WiLeHi/zawoja/tragedia.html |archive-date=20 October 2007 |accessdate=1 April 2008 |language=pl}}</ref>
*[[1972]] &ndash; Actor [[Charlie Chaplin]] returns to the United States for the first time since being labeled a [[Communism|communist]] during the [[Second Red Scare|Red Scare]] in the early 1950s.
*[[1973]] &ndash; Launch of the [[LexisNexis]] computerized legal research service.
*[[1975]] &ndash; [[Vietnam War]]: Thousands of civilian [[refugee]]s flee from [[Quảng Ngãi province|Quảng Ngãi Province]] in front of advancing [[North Vietnam]]ese troops.
*[[1976]] &ndash; Prince [[Norodom Sihanouk]] resigns as leader of [[Cambodia]] and is placed under [[house arrest]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Osborne |first=Milton E |author-link=Milton Osborne |title=Sihanouk Prince of Light, Prince of Darkness |year=1994 |publisher=[[University of Hawaiʻi Press]] |location=[[Honolulu]], Hawaii, United States of America |isbn=978-0-8248-1639-1 |page=223}}</ref>
*[[1979]] &ndash; A Soviet bio-warfare laboratory at Sverdlovsk [[Sverdlovsk anthrax leak|accidentally releases airborne anthrax spores]], killing 66 plus an unknown amount of livestock. 
*[[1980]] &ndash; United States President [[Jimmy Carter]] signs the [[Crude Oil]] [[Windfall Profits Tax]] Act.
*[[1982]] &ndash; [[Falklands War]]: [[1982 invasion of the Falkland Islands|Argentina invades the Falkland Islands]].
*[[1986]] &ndash; [[Alabama]] 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.
*[[1989]] &ndash; [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] leader [[Mikhail Gorbachev]] arrives in [[Havana]], Cuba, to meet with [[Fidel Castro]] in an attempt to mend strained relations.
*[[1991]] &ndash; [[Rita Johnston]] becomes the first female [[Premier (Canada)|Premier]] of a [[province (Canada)|Canadian province]] when she succeeds [[William Vander Zalm]] (who had resigned) as [[Premier of British Columbia]].
*[[1992]] &ndash; In [[New York (state)|New York]], [[American Mafia|Mafia]] boss [[John Gotti]] is convicted of murder and [[racketeering]] and is later [[Life imprisonment|sentenced to life]] in prison.
*  1992   &ndash; Forty-two civilians [[Bijeljina massacre|are massacred]] in the town of [[Bijeljina]] in [[Bosnia and Herzegovina]].
*[[2002]] &ndash; [[Israel]]i forces [[Siege of the Church of the Nativity|surround the Church of the Nativity]] in [[Bethlehem]], into which armed [[Palestinians]] had retreated.
*[[2004]] &ndash; [[Islamism|Islamist]] [[terrorism|terrorists]] involved in the [[2004 Madrid train bombings|11 March 2004 Madrid attacks]] attempt to bomb the Spanish high-speed train [[AVE]] near [[Madrid]]; the attack is thwarted.
*[[2006]] &ndash; Over 60 [[tornado]]es [[Tornado outbreak of April 2, 2006|break out]] in the United States; [[Tennessee]] is hardest hit with 29 people killed.
*[[2011]] – [[India national cricket team|India]] wins the [[2011 Cricket World Cup|Cricket World Cup]] for the second time in history under the captaincy of [[MS Dhoni]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2011-04-02 |title=India beat Sri Lanka, India won by 6 wickets (with 10 balls remaining) |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/icc-cricket-world-cup-2010-11-381449/india-vs-sri-lanka-final-433606/live-cricket-score |access-date=2024-04-22 |website=ESPNcricinfo |language=en}}</ref>
*[[2012]] &ndash; A [[2012 Oikos University shooting|mass shooting at Oikos University in California]] leaves seven people dead and three injured.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Wu |first1=Gwendolyn |title=Man who killed 7 in Oikos University mass shooting dies in prison |url=https://www.sfchronicle.com/crime/article/Man-who-killed-7-in-Oikos-University-mass-13721226.php |newspaper=San Francisco Chronicle |access-date=29 August 2020 |date=27 March 2019}}</ref>
*2012   &ndash; [[UTair Flight 120]] crashes after takeoff from [[Roshchino International Airport]] in [[Tyumen]], Russia, killing 33 and injuring 10.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |date=2020-04-12 |title=До 33 возросло число жертв авиакатастрофы под Тюменью |trans-title=The number of victims of the crash near Tyumen increased to 33 |url=https://tass.ru/arhiv/566919 |access-date=2020-05-29 |website=ТАSS |language=ru}} [https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=ru&sl=ru&tl=en&u=https%3A%2F%2Ftass.ru%2Farhiv%2F566919 Translated article] (Note: this translation was made automatically from the original (in Russian) and has low technical quality, lends itself only to specific queries).</ref>
*[[2014]] &ndash; A [[2014 Fort Hood shootings|spree shooting]] occurs at the [[Fort Hood]] army base in Texas, with four dead, including the gunman, and 16 others injured.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2014-04-03|title=Fort Hood shooting: four dead and 16 injured at Texas army base|url=http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/apr/02/fort-hood-shooting-army-base-texas|access-date=2021-05-23|website=The Guardian|language=en}}</ref>
*[[2015]] &ndash; Gunmen [[Garissa University College attack|attack]] [[Garissa University College]] in [[Kenya]], killing at least 148 people and wounding 79 others.
*  2015   &ndash; Four men [[Hatton Garden safe deposit burglary|steal]] items worth up to £200&nbsp;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."<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-34899627 |title=Hatton Garden raid 'largest in English history' |work=[[BBC News]] |date=23 November 2015 |access-date=23 November 2015}}</ref>
*[[2020]] &ndash; [[COVID-19 pandemic]]: The total number of confirmed cases reach one million.<ref>{{cite news |date=3 April 2020 |title=Coronavirus Covid-19: Global cases pass 1&nbsp;million as London's epic pandemic response revealed |work=[[New Zealand Herald]] |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=12322109 |url-status=live |access-date=3 April 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200403005250/https://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=12322109 |archive-date=3 April 2020}}</ref>
*[[2021]] &ndash; At least 49 people are killed in a [[2021 Hualien train derailment|train derailment]] in [[Taiwan]] after a truck accidentally rolls onto the track.<ref>{{cite web|title=Train hits truck that slid onto track in Taiwan, killing 51|url=https://apnews.com/article/taiwan-train-crash-updates-edb06519a7c0cab305bc710b3ea026df|author1=Jennings, Ralph|author2=Johnson Lai|website=APNews|date=April 2, 2021|access-date=April 2, 2021}}</ref>
*  2021   &ndash; A [[United States Capitol Police|Capitol Police]] officer is killed and another injured [[2021 United States Capitol car attack|when an attacker rams his car into a barricade]] outside the [[United States Capitol]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Man rams car into 2 Capitol police; 1 officer, driver killed|url=https://apnews.com/article/car-rams-capitol-barricade-add0fea76244f1755344aa856ee64ecd|author1=Balsamo, Michael|author2=Nomaan Merchant|author3=Colleen Long|website=APNews|date=April 2, 2021|access-date=April 2, 2021}}</ref>
*[[2024]] &ndash; [[Viertola school shooting]]: A 12-year-old pupil is killed and two others injured by a shooter of the same age in [[Vantaa|Vantaa, Finland]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-68712104|title=Finland shooting: Child held after pupil aged 12 shot dead at school in Vantaa|first=Paul|last=Kirby|work=[[BBC News]]|date=2 April 2024|access-date=2 April 2024}}</ref>
*[[2025]] &ndash; [[Liberation Day tariffs]]: U.S. President [[Donald Trump]] announces sweeping worldwide tariffs.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Swanson |first1=Ana |last2=Rappeport |first2=Alan |last3=Romm |first3=Tony |date=2025-04-02 |title=Trump Announces Sweeping Tariffs on All Imports: Live Updates |url=https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/04/02/business/trump-tariffs-liberation-day |access-date=2025-05-04 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>