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April 2 in History
Historical Events on April 2
1863
American Civil War: The largest in a series of Southern bread riots occurs in Richmond, Virginia.
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.
1917
World War I: United States President Woodrow Wilson asks the U.S. Congress for a declaration of war on Germany.
1975
Vietnam War: Thousands of civilian refugees flee from Quảng Ngãi Province in front of advancing North Vietnamese troops.
1980
United States President Jimmy Carter signs the Crude Oil Windfall Profits Tax Act.
1986
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
Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev arrives in Havana, Cuba, to meet with Fidel Castro in an attempt to mend strained relations.
1992
In New York, Mafia boss John Gotti is convicted of murder and racketeering and is later sentenced to life in prison.
2002
Israeli forces surround the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem into which armed Palestinians had retreated.
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Famous Birthdays on April 2
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Charlemagne
1926
Jack Brabham
1939
Marvin Gaye
1942
Leon Russell
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Famous Deaths on April 2
1933
Ranjitsinhji
1953
Hugo Sperrle
2005
Pope John Paul II
2013
Jesús Franco
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