History Events on April 02
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History Events on April 02
The Australian Bureau of Statistics conducts the country's first national census.
#Australian_Bureau_of_Statistics
In 1911
Prince Norodom Sihanouk resigns as leader of Cambodia and is placed under house arrest.
#Norodom_Sihanouk
In 1976
Actor Charlie Chaplin returns to the United States for the first time since being labeled a communist during the Red Scare in the early 1950s.
#Charlie_Chaplin
In 1972
The Autonomous Government of Khorasan, a military government encompassing the modern state of Iran, is established.
#Autonomous_Government_of_Khorasan
In 1921
A spree shooting occurs at the Fort Hood army base in Texas, with four dead, including the gunman, and 16 others injured.
#2014_Fort_Hood_shooting
In 2014
Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León first sights land in what is now the United States state of Florida.
#Juan_Ponce_de_León
In 1513
The United States Congress passes the Foraker Act, giving Puerto Rico limited self-rule.
#United_States_Congress
In 1900
In New York, Mafia boss John Gotti is convicted of murder and racketeering and is later sentenced to life in prison.
#New_York_(state)
In 1992
American Civil War: Defeat at the Third Battle of Petersburg forces the Army of Northern Virginia and the Confederate government to abandon Richmond, Virginia.
#Third_Battle_of_Petersburg
In 1865
"Electric Theatre", the first full-time movie theater in the United States, opens in Los Angeles.
#Movie_theater
In 1902
American Civil War: The largest in a series of Southern bread riots occurs in Richmond, Virginia.
#American_Civil_War
In 1863
World War I: United States President Woodrow Wilson asks the U.S. Congress for a declaration of war on Germany.
#World_War_I
In 1917
Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev arrives in Havana, Cuba, to meet with Fidel Castro in an attempt to mend strained relations.
#Soviet_Union
In 1989
Commodore William James captures the Maratha fortress of Suvarnadurg on west coast of India.
#Commodore_(Royal_Navy)
In 1755
Over 60 tornadoes break out in the United States; Tennessee is hardest hit with 29 people killed.
#Tornado
In 2006
Ludwig van Beethoven leads the premiere of his First Symphony in Vienna.
#Ludwig_van_Beethoven
In 1800
Gunmen attack Garissa University College in Kenya, killing at least 148 people and wounding 79 others.
#Garissa_University_College_attack
In 2015
Four men steal items worth up to £200 million from an underground safe deposit facility in London's Hatton Garden area in what has been called the "largest burglary in English legal history."
#Hatton_Garden_safe_deposit_burglary
In 2015
After the mysterious death of Empress Zewditu, Haile Selassie is proclaimed emperor of Ethiopia.
#Zewditu
In 1930
Dmitry Sipyagin, Minister of Interior of the Russian Empire, is assassinated in the Marie Palace, Saint Petersburg.
#Dmitry_Sipyagin
In 1902
In 2012
In 1989
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