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[[Image:U.S. Mint seal.jpg|100x100px|U.S. Mint seal]]
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File:Seal of the United States Mint.svg|U.S. Mint seal
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File:HoratioNelson1.jpg|Horatio Nelson
File:Juan Ponce de León.jpg|Juan Ponce de León
File:Francis Holman, Commodore James in the Protector, with the Revenge and the grab Bombay in the bay off the Suvarnadrug fort at Gheriah, India, April 1755 (18th century).jpg|William James' ships capture Suvarnadurg
File:88-90 Hatton Garden, front door TQ3181 U23.jpg|Hatton Garden safe-deposit facility
File:John Gotti 2.jpg|John Gotti
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{{*mp}} [[1984]] – Aboard [[Soyuz T-11]], '''[[Rakesh Sharma]]''' became the [[Firsts in India|first Indian]] to be launched into space.<!--Stub
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{{*mp}} [[1992]] – '''[[John Gotti]]''', the [[crime boss]] of the [[Gambino crime family]], was convicted of [[Organized crime|racketeering]], [[murder]], [[Conspiracy (crime)|conspiracy]] to commit murder, [[Loan shark|loansharking]], [[obstruction of justice]], illegal [[gambling]] and [[Tax avoidance and tax evasion|tax evasion]].<!--Tagged with {{refimprove}}
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{{*mp}} [[2006]] – Over 60 [[tornado]]es '''[[April 2, 2006 Central United States tornado outbreak|broke out]]''' in the [[Central United States]], killing 27 people and causing about [[United States dollar|US$]]1.1 billion in damages.
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|'''[[Holy Week]]''' begins (Western Christianity);
|81 (!) citation needed tags
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|'''[[Palm Sunday]]'''
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| [[1755]] – A naval fleet led by Commodore [[Sir William James, 1st Baronet|William James]] of the [[East India Company]] captured the fortress '''[[Suvarnadurg]]''' from the [[Maratha]]s.
| refimprove section
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| [[1792]] – By the '''[[Coinage Act of 1792|Coinage Act]]''', the [[United States Mint]] was founded and [[United States dollar|U.S. currency]] was [[Decimalisation|decimalized]].
|unreferenced section
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| [[1800]] – Russia and the Ottoman Empire signed the '''[[Treaty of Constantinople (1800)|Treaty of Constantinople]]''', establishing the [[Septinsular Republic]]<!--not bold, some date confusion (see article talk)-->, the first autonomous Greek state in more than 300 years.
| single source
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| [[1801]] – [[War of the Second Coalition]]: [[Royal Navy|British forces]] led by [[Vice Admiral]] [[Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson|Horatio Nelson]] defeated the [[Denmark–Norway|Dano-Norwegian]] fleet at the '''[[Battle of Copenhagen (1801)|Battle of Copenhagen]]'''.
| multiple issues
|-
| [[1885]] – [[North-West Rebellion]]: Led by [[Wandering Spirit (Cree leader)|Wandering Spirit]], young [[Cree]] warriors '''[[Frog Lake Massacre|attacked]]''' the village of [[Frog Lake, Alberta|Frog Lake, North-West Territories]] (now in [[Alberta]]), where they killed nine settlers.
| lots of CN tags (5)
|-
|[[1945]] – Brazil '''[[Brazil–Russia relations|established diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union]]''', but maintained a neutral relationship during the [[Cold War]] that was limited to commercial trade and cooperation agreements of minimal importance.
|needs more footnotes
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| [[1956]] – '''''[[As the World Turns]]''''' premiered on American television as the first half-hour [[soap opera]].
| refimprove section, original research
|-
|[[1962]] – The first official '''[[panda crossing]]''' opened outside [[London Waterloo station]].
| refimprove
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| [[1973]] – The '''[[LexisNexis|LEXIS]]''' [[computer-assisted legal research]] service launched as a continuation of an experiment organized by the [[Ohio State Bar Association|Ohio State Bar]] in 1967.
| advertisement
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| [[1976]] – '''[[Norodom Sihanouk]]''' ''(pictured)'' resigned as [[List of heads of state of Cambodia|leader of Cambodia]] and was arrested by the [[Khmer Rouge]].
| resignation was only retroactively declared on this day
|-
| [[2006]] – '''[[Tornado outbreak of April 2, 2006|More than 60 tornadoes]]''' touched down in the central United States, killing 27 people and causing about $1.1&nbsp;billion in damage.
| resignation was only retroactively declared on this day
|-
| '''[[Giacomo Casanova]]'''<!--Italian adventurer--> |d|1798
| refimprove section
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| '''[[Paškal Buconjić]]'''<!--Bosnian bishop--> |b|1834|
| Birthday not cited
|-
| '''[[Max Ernst]]'''<!--German painter--> |b|1891
| multiple issues
|-
| '''[[Ranjitsinhji]]'''<!--Indian prince/cricketer/diplomat--> |d|1933|
| "Too long" yellow banner
|}


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* [[1513]] – Spanish [[conquistador]] '''[[Juan Ponce de León]]'''<!-- ''(pictured)''--> sighted land in North America, naming the area [[Spanish Florida|La Florida]]<!--not bold; tagged with {{no footnotes}}-->.
'''[[April 2]]''': '''[[Good Friday]]''' ([[<!--Both Eastern and Western-->Christianity]], [[2010]]); '''[[Malvinas Day]]''' in [[Argentina]]
* [[1865]] – [[American Civil War]]: On the third attempt, [[Union (American Civil War)|Union]] forces '''[[Third Battle of Petersburg|captured]]''' [[Petersburg, Virginia]], although [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] officials and most of their remaining troops were able to escape.
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* [[1911]] – The [[Australian Bureau of Statistics]] '''[[1911 Australian census|conducted the first]]''' national [[Census in Australia|census of the country]].
[[Image:HoratioNelson1.jpg|100x100px|Horatio Nelson]]
* [[1968]] – '''''[[2001: A Space Odyssey (film)|2001: A Space Odyssey]]''''', an epic [[science fiction film]] produced and directed by [[Stanley Kubrick]] ''(pictured)'', premiered at the [[Uptown Theater (Washington, D.C.)|Uptown Theater]] in Washington, D.C.
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* [[1992]] – '''[[John Gotti]]''' ''(pictured)'', the head of the [[Gambino crime family]] of New York City, was convicted of [[Organized crime|racketeering]], [[murder]], [[Conspiracy (criminal)|conspiracy]] to commit murder, [[Loan shark|loansharking]], [[obstruction of justice]], illegal [[gambling]], and [[tax evasion]].
{{*mp}} [[1513]] – [[Spain|Spanish]] [[conquistador]] '''[[Juan Ponce de León]]''' set foot on [[Spanish Florida|Florida]]<!--Not bolded, tagged with {{unreferenced}}-->, becoming the first [[Europe]]an known to do so, purportedly while searching for the [[Fountain of Youth]] in the [[New World]].
* [[2002]] – [[Second Intifada]]: [[Palestinian fedayeen|Palestinian militants]] sought refuge from advancing Israeli forces in the [[Church of the Nativity]] in [[Bethlehem]], beginning '''[[Siege of the Church of the Nativity|a month-long siege]]'''.
{{*mp}} [[1792]] – By the '''[[Coinage Act of 1792|Coinage Act]]''', the [[United States Mint]] was founded and [[United States dollar|U.S. currency]] was [[Decimalisation|decimalized]].

{{*mp}} [[1801]] – [[War of the Second Coalition]]: [[Royal Navy|British forces]] led by [[Vice Admiral]] [[Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson|Horatio Nelson]] ''(pictured)'' defeated the [[Denmark–Norway|Dano-Norwegian]] [[Naval fleet|fleet]] at the '''[[Battle of Copenhagen (1801)|Battle of Copenhagen]]''' off the coast of [[Copenhagen]].
* [[2015]] – Six elderly men '''[[Hatton Garden safe deposit burglary|burgled]]''' a [[Safe deposit box|safe-deposit]] facility<!-- ''(pictured)''--> in [[Hatton Garden]], London, and stole items worth up to an estimated £14&nbsp;million.
{{*mp}} [[1945]] – [[Brazil]] '''[[Brazil–Russia relations|established]]''' diplomatic relations with the [[Soviet Union]], but maintained a neutral relationship during the [[Cold War]] that was limited to commercial trade and cooperation agreements of minimal importance.
* [[2015]] – '''[[Garissa University College attack|Gunmen attacked]]''' [[Garissa University College]] in Kenya, killing 148 people and wounding 79 others.
{{*mp}} [[1956]] – '''''[[As the World Turns]]''''' premiered on [[United States|American]] television as the first half-hour [[soap opera]] <!--(''[[The Edge of Night]]'' was broadcast three hours later at 4:30 local time)-->.
* Born/died: | '''[[Charlemagne]]'''<!--French king--> |b|747|'''[[Maria Sibylla Merian]]'''<!--German naturalist--> |b|1647| '''[[Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin]]'''<!--French food writer--> |b|1755| '''[[Clément Ader]]'''<!--French inventor--> |b|1841| '''[[Albert Pike]]'''<!--American jurist--> |d|1891| '''[[Sue Townsend]]'''<!--English writer--> |b|1946| '''[[Juanito (footballer, born 1954)|Juanito]]'''<!--Spanish--> |d|1992| '''[[Arthur Kopit]]'''<!--American playwright--> |d|2021
{{*mp}} [[1962]] – The first official '''[[panda crossing]]''' opened outside [[Waterloo station]] in [[London]].

{{*mp}} [[1982]] – [[Argentina|Argentine]] [[special forces]] '''[[1982 invasion of the Falkland Islands|invaded]]''' the [[Falkland Islands]], sparking the [[Falklands War]].
==Notes==
{{*mp}} [[2002]] – [[Operation Defensive Shield]]: Approximately 200 [[Palestinian militant]]s fled the advancing [[Israel Defense Forces]] into the [[Church of the Nativity]] in [[Bethlehem]], starting '''[[Siege of the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem|a month-long standoff]]'''.
* [[1920 Palm Sunday tornado outbreak]] appears on [[WP:Selected anniversaries/March 28|March 28]] and [[Super Outbreak]] (1974) appears on [[Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/April 3|April 3]] and [[1936 Tupelo–Gainesville tornado outbreak]] appears on [[WP:Selected anniversaries/April 5|April 5]], so 2006 outbreak should not appear in the same year
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* [[Florida Territory]] appears on [[WP:Selected anniversaries/March 30|March 30]], so Ponce de León should not appear in the same year
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* [[Battle of Five Forks]] appears on [[Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/April 1|April 1]], so Third Battle of Petersburg should not appear in the same year
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'''[[April 2]]''': '''[[World Autism Awareness Day]]'''; [[Calendar of saints|feast day]] of '''[[Francis of Paola|Saint Francis of Paola]]''' ([[Catholic Church|Catholicism]]); '''[[Malvinas Day]]''' in Argentina ([[1982]])
{{main page image/OTD|File:Apr2 richmond riot.jpg|Southern bread riots}}
* [[1863]] – About 5,000 people in [[Richmond, Virginia]], mostly poor women, '''[[Southern bread riots|rioted in protest of the high price of bread]]''' ''(depicted)''.
* [[1979]] – [[Spore]]s of [[anthrax]] were '''[[Sverdlovsk anthrax leak|accidentally released]]''' from a military research facility near the city of [[Yekaterinburg|Sverdlovsk]], causing at least 68 deaths.
* [[1982]] – Argentine special forces '''[[1982 invasion of the Falkland Islands|invaded the Falkland Islands]]''', sparking the [[Falklands War]] against the United Kingdom.
* [[1992]] – [[Bosnian War]]: At least 48 civilians '''[[Bijeljina massacre|were massacred]]''' in the town of [[Bijeljina]] in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
* [[2012]] – A gunman '''[[2012 Oikos University shooting|shot at]]''' people inside [[Oikos University]], a [[Christianity in Korea|Korean Christian]] college in [[Oakland, California]], leaving seven people dead and three injured.
{{Born and died list|'''[[Prince George of Denmark]]''' |b|1653|'''[[Wilhelmine Reichard]]'''<!--German balloonist--> |b|1788|'''[[Sir James Montgomery, 1st Baronet]]'''<!--Scottish jurist--> |d|1803|'''[[Elizabeth Catlett]]'''<!--American/Mexican sculptor--> |d|2012|}}

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Images

  • U.S. Mint seal
    U.S. Mint seal
  • Stanley Kubrick
    Stanley Kubrick
  • Horatio Nelson
    Horatio Nelson
  • Juan Ponce de León
    Juan Ponce de León
  • William James' ships capture Suvarnadurg
    William James' ships capture Suvarnadurg
  • Hatton Garden safe-deposit facility
    Hatton Garden safe-deposit facility
  • John Gotti
    John Gotti

Ineligible

Blurb Reason
Holy Week begins (Western Christianity); 81 (!) citation needed tags
Palm Sunday refimprove
1755 – A naval fleet led by Commodore William James of the East India Company captured the fortress Suvarnadurg from the Marathas. refimprove section
1792 – By the Coinage Act, the United States Mint was founded and U.S. currency was decimalized. unreferenced section
1800 – Russia and the Ottoman Empire signed the Treaty of Constantinople, establishing the Septinsular Republic, the first autonomous Greek state in more than 300 years. single source
1801 – War of the Second Coalition: British forces led by Vice Admiral Horatio Nelson defeated the Dano-Norwegian fleet at the Battle of Copenhagen. multiple issues
1885 – North-West Rebellion: Led by Wandering Spirit, young Cree warriors attacked the village of Frog Lake, North-West Territories (now in Alberta), where they killed nine settlers. lots of CN tags (5)
1945 – Brazil established diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union, but maintained a neutral relationship during the Cold War that was limited to commercial trade and cooperation agreements of minimal importance. needs more footnotes
1956 – As the World Turns premiered on American television as the first half-hour soap opera. refimprove section, original research
1962 – The first official panda crossing opened outside London Waterloo station. refimprove
1973 – The LEXIS computer-assisted legal research service launched as a continuation of an experiment organized by the Ohio State Bar in 1967. advertisement
1976 – Norodom Sihanouk (pictured) resigned as leader of Cambodia and was arrested by the Khmer Rouge. resignation was only retroactively declared on this day
2006 – More than 60 tornadoes touched down in the central United States, killing 27 people and causing about $1.1 billion in damage. resignation was only retroactively declared on this day
Giacomo Casanova |d|1798 refimprove section
Paškal Buconjić |b|1834| Birthday not cited
Max Ernst |b|1891 multiple issues
Ranjitsinhji |d|1933| "Too long" yellow banner

Eligible

Notes

April 2: World Autism Awareness Day; feast day of Saint Francis of Paola (Catholicism); Malvinas Day in Argentina (1982)

Southern bread riots
Southern bread riots
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