Historical Events In April - 02
Saturday, 07 September 2024
1979 On April - 02 carroll D Rosenbloom, LA Rams president, dies at 72
1980 Wayne Gretzky becomes first teenager to score 50 goals in a season on this day in history.
1980 Dick Howorth, cricketer (Engld slow lefty all-rounder late 40's), dies on this day in history.
1981 A Gilmore &P Kilmartin discovers asteroid #3400 on this day in history.
1982 Argentina seizes Malvinas (Falklands) Islands the start of the war with England on April - 02.
1982 On this day in history argentinian forces invade the British run Falkland Islands
1984 Georgetown beats Houston for NCAA basketball title on April - 02.
1986 On April - 02 4 US passengers killed by bomb at TWA counter Athens Airport Greece
1986 George Corley Wallace (Gov-D-Ala) announces retirement plans on April - 02.
1987 On April - 02 buddy Rich drummer/orch leader (Away We Go), dies at 69
1987 On April - 02 buddy Rich, drummer/orchestra leader (Away We Go), dies at 69
1989 Wrestlemania V-Hulk Hogan beats Randy "Macho Man" Savage on this day in history.
1990 On April - 02 aldo Fabrizi, actor (Postman Goes to War, Open City), dies at 85
1992 Country singer Wynonna Judd's first appearance as a single act on this day in history.
1992 In Guelph Ontario a stable fire kills 69 horses at Mohawk Raceway; worst racetrack fire in Canadian history on this day in history.
1992 On this day in history john Gotti found guilty in death of Paul Castallanos
1992 On April - 02 space Shuttle STS-45 (Atlantis 11) lands
1992 Paula Kelly, singer/actress (Sweet Charity), dies at 72 on this day in history.
1993 On April - 02 eugenie Leontovitch, actress (4 Sons, Homicidal), dies at 93
1994 On April - 02 richard Davies, actor (Pvt Buckaroo), dies of heart attack at 79
1995 On April - 02 more than 80 top Australian rugby league players sign with Super League
1995 On April - 02 hannes Alfven, physicist (Nobel prize), dies at 86
1997 Tomoyuki Tanaka, producer (Godzilla), dies of a stroke at 86 on April - 02.
2000 On April - 02 french archaeologists announce they have discovered the remains of a 4,000-year-old queen's pyramid south of Cairo, complete with texts of special prayers previously found only with kings
2005 On this day in history pope John Paul II dies; over 4 million people travel to the Vatican to mourn him.
2007 On this day in history the Solomon Islands is shaken by a magnitude 8.1 earthquake, and hit by a subsequent tsunami.
2007 Smoke ban in enclosed places in Wales on April - 02.
2012 On this day in history oikos University, Oakland shooting kills seven people and injures 3
2013 On April - 02 9 mutilated bodies are found in an SUV in Tamaulipas, Mexico
2017 Attack on visitors to Muslim shrine by a custodian and others in Sargodha, Pakistan leaves 20 dead on this day in history.
2017 American golfer Lexi Thompson loses ANA Inspiration in Racho Mirage because of TV viewer emailing earlier infringement on this day in history.
2018 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament championship game: Villanova defeat Michigan 79–62 in San Antonio, Texas on this day in history.
2019 On April - 02 abdelaziz Bouteflika resigns as President of Algeria amid widespread protests, after nearly two decades in office.
2020 On this day in history number of coronavirus COVID-19 cases worldwide passes 1 million, with 1,002,159 cases and 51,485 deaths reported, according to Johns Hopkins University Learn More
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