April 2 in history
Events on April 2
Notable events that happened on April 2 in past years.
- 2025
Liberation Day tariffs: U.S. President Donald Trump announces sweeping worldwide tariffs.
Wikipedia article: Liberation Day tariffs - 2021
A Capitol Police officer is killed and another injured when an attacker rams his car into a barricade outside the United States Capitol.
Wikipedia article: United States Capitol Police - 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."
Wikipedia article: Hatton Garden safe deposit burglary - 2012
UTair Flight 120 crashes after takeoff from Roshchino International Airport in Tyumen, Russia, killing 33 and injuring 10.
Wikipedia article: UTair Flight 120 - 2006
Over 60 tornadoes break out in the United States; Tennessee is hardest hit with 29 people killed.
Wikipedia article: Tornado - 1992
In New York, Mafia boss John Gotti is convicted of murder and racketeering and is later sentenced to life in prison.
Wikipedia article: New York (state) - 1989
Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev arrives in Havana, Cuba, to meet with Fidel Castro in an attempt to mend strained relations.
Wikipedia article: Soviet Union - 1980
United States President Jimmy Carter signs the Crude Oil Windfall Profits Tax Act.
Wikipedia article: Jimmy Carter - 1975
Vietnam War: Thousands of civilian refugees flee from Quảng Ngãi Province in front of advancing North Vietnamese troops.
Wikipedia article: Vietnam War - 1921
The Autonomous Government of Khorasan, a military government encompassing the modern state of Iran, is established.
Wikipedia article: Autonomous Government of Khorasan - 1911
The Australian Bureau of Statistics conducts the country's first national census.
Wikipedia article: Australian Bureau of Statistics - 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.
Wikipedia article: Third Battle of Petersburg - 1800
Ludwig van Beethoven leads the premiere of his First Symphony in Vienna.
Wikipedia article: Ludwig van Beethoven - 1725
J. S. Bach's cantata Bleib bei uns, denn es will Abend werden, BWV 6, is first performed in Leipzig on Easter Monday.
- 1107
Seljuq sultan Muhammad I Tapar begins the siege of Shahdiz, a fortress of the Nizari Ismailis.
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