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'''[[April 2]]''': '''[[Passover]]''' begins at [[sunset]] ([[Judaism]], [[2007]]); '''[[Malvinas Day]]''' in [[Argentina]]. |
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{{*mp}} [[1792]] - By the [[Coinage Act of 1792|Coinage Act]], the '''[[United States Mint]]''' was founded and the [[United States dollar|U.S. currency]] was [[Decimalisation|decimalized]]. |
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Revision as of 06:35, 3 April 2007
April 2: Passover begins at sunset (Judaism, 2007); Malvinas Day in Argentina.
- 1792 - By the Coinage Act, the United States Mint was founded and the U.S. currency was decimalized.
- 1801 - British forces led by Horatio Nelson defeated the Dano-Norwegian fleet in the Battle of Copenhagen.
- 1956 - As the World Turns premiered on U.S. television as the first half-hour serial drama.
- 1982 - Argentine special forces invaded the Falkland Islands, sparking the Falklands War.
- 1992 - John Gotti (pictured), the crime boss of the Gambino crime family, was convicted of racketeering, murder, conspiracy to commit murder, loansharking, obstruction of justice, illegal gambling and tax evasion.