| History By Day |
| April 2nd |
| History by Day - Copyright 2009-2011 |
| About April 2nd is the 92nd day of the year (93rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 273 days remaining until the end of the calendar year. April 2nd is International Children's Book Day. Births 1869 - Hughie Jennings, Hall of Fame baseball player/manager 1910 - Arnie Herber, Hall of Fame quarterback 1931 - Marvin Gaye, singer, musician 1942 - Leon Russell, singer, guitarist, pianist 1947 - Emmylou Harris, singer, songwriter, musician 1965 - Rodney King, police brutality victim 1982 - Jeremy Bloom, Olympian, football player Deaths 1872 - Samuel Morse, inventor of Morse code 2005 - Pope John Paul II, Supreme Pontiff of Catholic Church Events 1513 - Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León lands in present day Florida. 1792 - The United States Congress passes the Coinage Act establishing the United States Mint. 1902 - The Electric Theater opens in Los Angeles, California, becoming first American theater devoted to showing motion pictures. 1917 - United States President Woodrow Wilson asks Congress for a declaration of war on Germany. 1956 - The soap opera As the World Turns debuts on CBS television. 1975 - Construction of the CN Tower is completed in Toronto, Canada and temporarily becomes the world's tallest freestanding structure. 1978 - The soap opera Dallas premieres on CBS television. 1987 - Congress passes an Act that permits states to raise the speed limit to 65 mph on rural Interstate highways. 1992 - A New York jury finds mobster John Gotti guilty of murder and racketeering. |
| ***Books For Sale*** |
| History Books Store |
