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History Events on April 02

By  Hafeez R  02 Apr   93 Views

History Events on April 02

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United States President Jimmy Carter signs the Crude Oil Windfall Profits Tax Act.

#Jimmy_Carter

In 1980

The Australian Bureau of Statistics conducts the country's first national census.

#Australian_Bureau_of_Statistics

In 1911

Prince Norodom Sihanouk resigns as leader of Cambodia and is placed under house arrest.

#Norodom_Sihanouk

In 1976

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.

#Charlie_Chaplin

In 1972

Islamist terrorists involved in the 11 March 2004 Madrid attacks attempt to bomb the Spanish high-speed train AVE near Madrid; the attack is thwarted.

#Islamism

In 2004

The Autonomous Government of Khorasan, a military government encompassing the modern state of Iran, is established.

#Autonomous_Government_of_Khorasan

In 1921

A spree shooting occurs at the Fort Hood army base in Texas, with four dead, including the gunman, and 16 others injured.

#2014_Fort_Hood_shooting

In 2014

Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León first sights land in what is now the United States state of Florida.

#Juan_Ponce_de_León

In 1513

The United States Congress passes the Foraker Act, giving Puerto Rico limited self-rule.

#United_States_Congress

In 1900

The Coinage Act is passed establishing the United States Mint.

#Coinage_Act_of_1792

In 1792

In New York, Mafia boss John Gotti is convicted of murder and racketeering and is later sentenced to life in prison.

#New_York_(state)

In 1992

American Civil War: Defeat at the Third Battle of Petersburg forces the Army of Northern Virginia and the Confederate government to abandon Richmond, Virginia.

#Third_Battle_of_Petersburg

In 1865

"Electric Theatre", the first full-time movie theater in the United States, opens in Los Angeles.

#Movie_theater

In 1902

Rama IV is crowned King of Thailand.

#Mongkut

In 1851

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.

#Alabama

In 1986

American Civil War: The largest in a series of Southern bread riots occurs in Richmond, Virginia.

#American_Civil_War

In 1863

World War I: United States President Woodrow Wilson asks the U.S. Congress for a declaration of war on Germany.

#World_War_I

In 1917

Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev arrives in Havana, Cuba, to meet with Fidel Castro in an attempt to mend strained relations.

#Soviet_Union

In 1989

Israeli forces surround the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem into which armed Palestinians had retreated.

#Israel

In 2002

Commodore William James captures the Maratha fortress of Suvarnadurg on west coast of India.

#Commodore_(Royal_Navy)

In 1755

French Revolutionary Wars: The British capture the Danish fleet.

#French_Revolutionary_Wars

In 1801

Over 60 tornadoes break out in the United States; Tennessee is hardest hit with 29 people killed.

#Tornado

In 2006

Ludwig van Beethoven leads the premiere of his First Symphony in Vienna.

#Ludwig_van_Beethoven

In 1800

Gunmen attack Garissa University College in Kenya, killing at least 148 people and wounding 79 others.

#Garissa_University_College_attack

In 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."

#Hatton_Garden_safe_deposit_burglary

In 2015

Vietnam War: Thousands of civilian refugees flee from Qu?ng Ngãi Province in front of advancing North Vietnamese troops.

#Vietnam_War

In 1975

After the mysterious death of Empress Zewditu, Haile Selassie is proclaimed emperor of Ethiopia.

#Zewditu

In 1930

Falklands War: Argentina invades the Falkland Islands.

#Falklands_War

In 1982

Dmitry Sipyagin, Minister of Interior of the Russian Empire, is assassinated in the Marie Palace, Saint Petersburg.

#Dmitry_Sipyagin

In 1902

A mass shooting at Oikos University in California leaves seven people dead and three injured.

In 2012

Forty-two civilians were massacred in the town of Bijeljina in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

In 1992

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.

In 1991

ASUS corporation was founded.

In 1989

A Soviet bio-warfare laboratory at Sverdlovsk accidentally releases airborne anthrax spores, killing 66 plus an unknown amount of livestock.

In 1979

Launch of the LexisNexis computerized legal research service.

In 1973

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.

In 1956

The ill-fated RMS Titanic begins sea trials.

In 1912

Canadian Cree warriors attack the village of Frog Lake, killing nine.

In 1885

The Treaty of Constantinople establishes the Septinsular Republic, the first autonomous Greek state since the Fall of the Byzantine Empire.

In 1800

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