April 2 historical events
1383 — 1383–1385 Portuguese interregnum
An interregnum and a war of succession began in the Kingdom of Portugal in 1383 when King Ferdinand I died leaving no sons and ended when King John I was crowned in 1385 after his victory during the Battle of Aljubarrota. The Portuguese interpret the era as their earliest national resistance movement to counter Castilian intervention, and Robert Durand considers it as the "great revealer of national consciousness".
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1562 — First French War of Religion (1562–1563)
The First French War of Religion (2 April 1562 – 19 March 1563) was the opening civil war of the French Wars of Religion. The war began when, in response to the massacre of Wassy by the duc de Guise (duke of Guise), the prince de Condé seized Orléans on 2 April.
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1562 — French Wars of Religion
The French Wars of Religion (French: Guerres de Religion en France) were a series of civil wars between French Catholics and Protestants (called Huguenots) from 1562 to 1598. Between two and four million people died from violence, famine or disease directly caused by the conflict, and it severely damaged the power of the French monarchy.
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1679 — Battle of Bhupalgarh
The Battle of Bhupalgarh (also spelled Bhupalgad) was fought between the Mughal Empire and Maratha Kingdom in 1679, near present day Khanapur, in a leadup to the Deccan wars. The Maratha were led by Shivaji, the first Maratha king. The battle resulted in the razing of the fort of Bhupalgarh and a decisive victory for the Mughals under general Diler Khan.
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1725 — J. S. Bach's cantata Bleib bei uns, denn es will Abend werden, BWV 6, is first performed in Leipzig on Easter Monday
Bleib bei uns, denn es will Abend werden (Stay with us, for evening falls), BWV 6, is a cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach for use in a Lutheran service. He composed it in Leipzig in 1725 for Easter Monday and first performed it on 2 April 1725. The prescribed readings for the feast day were Peter's sermon from the Acts of the Apostles, and the Road to Emmaus narration from the Gospel of Luke.
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1777 — 1777 Rhode Island gubernatorial election
The 1777 Rhode Island gubernatorial election was held on April 2, 1777, in order to elect the governor of Rhode Island. Incumbent Independent governor Nicholas Cooke won re-election as he ran unopposed. The exact number of votes cast in this election are unknown.
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1781 — 1781 Massachusetts gubernatorial election
A gubernatorial election was held in Massachusetts on April 2, 1781. John Hancock, the incumbent governor, defeated James Bowdoin, the former president of the Massachusetts Constitutional Convention.
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1783 — 1783 Rhode Island gubernatorial election
The 1783 Rhode Island gubernatorial election was held on April 2, 1783, in order to elect the governor of Rhode Island. Incumbent Independent governor William Greene won re-election as he ran unopposed. The exact number of votes cast in this election are unknown.
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1787 — 1787 Massachusetts gubernatorial election
A gubernatorial election was held in Massachusetts on April 2, 1787. John Hancock, who had served as the first governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts from 1780 to 1785, defeated James Bowdoin, the incumbent governor. The election took place in the aftermath of Shays's Rebellion, for which Bowdoin was sharply censured.
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1788 — 1788 Rhode Island gubernatorial election
The 1788 Rhode Island gubernatorial election was held on April 2, 1788, in order to elect the governor of Rhode Island. Incumbent Independent governor John Collins won the election as he ran unopposed. The exact number of votes cast in this election are unknown.
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1792 — 1792 Massachusetts gubernatorial election
The 1792 Massachusetts gubernatorial election was held on April 2, 1792, in order to elect the Governor of Massachusetts. Incumbent Governor John Hancock won re-election as he ran unopposed.
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1792 — The Coinage Act establishes the United States Mint
On 2 April 1792, legislation established the United States Mint and regulated coinage. The act authorized gold, silver and copper coins and the construction of mint buildings in Philadelphia.
This is the establishment by legislation, rather than the later opening of a mint building or delivery of circulating coins.
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1792 — The Coinage Act of 1792 (also known as the Mint Act; officially: An act establishing a mint, and regulating the Coins of the United States), passed by the United States Congress on April 2, 1792, created the United States dollar
The Coinage Act of 1792 (also known as the Mint Act; officially: An act establishing a mint, and regulating the Coins of the United States), passed by the United States Congress on April 2, 1792, created the United States dollar. It established its base unit as the dollar, along with the subunits cent (1⁄100 of dollar), dime (disme) (1⁄10), and mill (1⁄1000).
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1794 — 1794 Rhode Island gubernatorial election
The 1794 Rhode Island gubernatorial election was held on April 2, 1794, in order to elect the governor of Rhode Island. Incumbent Democratic-Republican governor Arthur Fenner won re-election as he ran unopposed. The exact number of votes cast in this election are unknown.
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1797 — 1797 French legislative election
Legislative elections were held in France between 21 March and 2 April 1797 to elect one-third of the members of the Council of Five Hundred and the Council of Ancients, the lower and upper houses of the legislature, which were under the Directory.
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1798 — 1798 Massachusetts gubernatorial election
The 1798 Massachusetts gubernatorial election was held on April 2. Incumbent Governor Increase Sumner was elected to a second term in office over Attorney General James Sullivan against minimal opposition.
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1800 — 1800 Rhode Island gubernatorial election
The 1800 Rhode Island gubernatorial election was held on April 2, 1800, in order to elect the governor of Rhode Island. Incumbent Democratic-Republican governor Arthur Fenner won re-election as he ran unopposed. The exact number of votes cast in this election are unknown.
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1800 — Beethoven stages the premiere of his First Symphony
For the premiere of his First Symphony, Beethoven rented Vienna's Burgtheater on 2 April 1800 and staged a concert programme that included the symphony.
This records the concert and premiere date.
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1800 — The Ottoman and Russian empires sign the Treaty of Constantinople
On April 2, 1800, the Ottoman and Russian empires signed the Treaty of Constantinople. The agreement created the Septinsular Republic, an autonomous republic of the Ionian Islands under Ottoman suzerainty.
April 2 is the Gregorian date; March 21 is the Julian date.
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1801 — Battle of Copenhagen (1801)
In the Battle of Copenhagen, also known as the First Battle of Copenhagen to distinguish it from the Second Battle of Copenhagen in 1807, a British naval fleet defeated a smaller force of the Royal Dano-Norwegian Navy anchored near Copenhagen on 2 April 1801. The battle came about over British fears that the powerful Danish fleet would ally with France, and a breakdown in diplomatic communications on both sides.
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1804 — 1804 Massachusetts gubernatorial election
The 1804 Massachusetts gubernatorial election was held on April 2. Federalist Governor Caleb Strong was re-elected to a fifth consecutive one-year term in office, defeating Democratic-Republican James Sullivan.
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1805 — 1805 Massachusetts gubernatorial election
The 1805 Massachusetts gubernatorial election was held on April 2. Federalist Governor Caleb Strong was re-elected to a sixth consecutive one-year term in office, defeating Republican James Sullivan for the second time, only narrowly achieving the majority necessary for election.
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1806 — 1806 Rhode Island gubernatorial election
The 1806 Rhode Island gubernatorial election was held on April 2, 1806, in order to elect the governor of Rhode Island. Federalist nominee Richard Jackson Jr. won a plurality of the vote against incumbent Democratic-Republican governor Henry Smith and Democratic-Republican candidate and incumbent chief justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court Peleg Arnold.
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1810 — 1810 Massachusetts gubernatorial election
The 1810 Massachusetts gubernatorial election was held on April 2, 1810. Incumbent Federalist Governor Christopher Gore was defeated by Democratic-Republican nominee Elbridge Gerry. Republicans cast Gore as an ostentatious British-loving Tory who wanted to restore the monarchy (his parents were Loyalists during the Revolution), and Gerry as a patriotic American, while Federalists described Gerry as a "French partizan" and Gore as an honest man devoted to ridding the government of foreign influence.
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1813 — Battle of Lüneburg
In the Battle of Lüneburg on 2 April 1813, Allied Russians and Prussians were victorious over a French and Saxon division. The battle was the first major combat action after the retreat of the defeated French in Russia behind the Elbe. Its importance lay in the moral effect on the German public as the first success of the Allies in the wars of liberation that were now beginning.
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1819 — Battle of Las Queseras del Medio
The Battle of Las Queseras del Medio was an important battle of the Venezuelan War of Independence. It took place on April 2, 1819. The forces of José Antonio Páez consisted of 153 lancers, who were llaneros. They were pitted against more than 1,000 Spanish cavalry. The battle is noted for a phrase of Páez’s that became famous: ¡Vuelvan Caras! (“About face!”) –although some sources state that he actually said ¡Vuelvan, Carajo! (“Return [to the battle], damn it!”).). It was April 1819 when Bolívar upon reaching the Arauca River, a tributary of the Orinoco south of the Apure plains, met cavalry division of General Páez encamped on the southern bank of the mighty river, some 300 miles south of Caracas.
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1821 — 1821 Massachusetts gubernatorial election
The 1821 Massachusetts gubernatorial election was held on April 2, 1821. Incumbent Federalist Governor John Brooks won re-election to a sixth term, defeating Democratic-Republican nominee William Eustis.
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1838 — 1838 Connecticut gubernatorial election
The 1838 Connecticut gubernatorial election was held on April 2, 1838. Former congressman and Whig nominee William W. Ellsworth was elected, defeating former speaker of the Connecticut House of Representatives and Democratic nominee Seth Preston Beers with 54.14% of the vote.
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1845 — 1845 Rhode Island gubernatorial election
The 1845 Rhode Island gubernatorial election was held on April 2, 1845, in order to elect the governor of Rhode Island. The Liberation nominee and former speaker of the Rhode Island House of Representatives Charles Jackson defeated the Law and Order incumbent governor James Fenner.
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1849 — Battle of Hatvan
The Battle of Hatvan was the first battle in the Spring Campaign of the Hungarian War of Independence from 1848–1849, fought on 2 April 1849 between the Habsburg Empire and the Hungarian Revolutionary Army. This battle was the start of the Hungarian offensive, which had the purpose to liberate the Central and Western parts, and the capital of Hungary, occupied by imperial forces. The Austrian force were led by General Franz Schlik, while the Hungarians were led by Colonel András Gáspár, and lieutenant-colonel Ernő Poeltenberg. In the Hungarian army fought also the Polish Legion under the lead of Colonel Józef Wysocki.
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1849 — 1849 Connecticut gubernatorial election
The 1849 Connecticut gubernatorial election was held on April 2, 1849. Former congressman and Whig nominee Joseph Trumbull defeated former congressman and Democratic nominee Thomas H. Seymour as well as former Senator and Free Soil nominee John M. Niles with 49.35% of the vote. Niles had previously been the Democratic nominee for this same office in 1840. Trumbull won a plurality of the vote, but fell short of a majority.
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1851 — 1851 Rhode Island gubernatorial election
The 1851 Rhode Island gubernatorial election was held on April 2, 1851, in order to elect the governor of Rhode Island. Democratic nominee and former member of the Rhode Island House of Representatives Philip Allen defeated Whig nominee Josiah Chapin and Free Soil nominee Edward Harris.
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1855 — 1855 Connecticut gubernatorial election
The 1855 Connecticut gubernatorial election was held on April 2, 1855. Former state legislator and American Party nominee William T. Minor defeated former congressman and Democratic nominee Samuel Ingham and incumbent governor and Whig nominee Henry Dutton with 43.51% of the vote. The results reflected the national transition from the Second Party System to the Third Party System.
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1856 — 1856 Rhode Island gubernatorial election
The 1856 Rhode Island gubernatorial election was held on April 2, 1856, to elect the governor of Rhode Island. Incumbent Republican governor William W. Hoppin won re-election over Democratic nominee Americus V. Potter in a rematch from the 1855 Rhode Island gubernatorial election.
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1860 — 1860 Connecticut gubernatorial election
The 1860 Connecticut gubernatorial election was held on April 2, 1860. Incumbent governor and Republican nominee William Alfred Buckingham defeated former governor and Democratic nominee Thomas H. Seymour with 50.30% of the vote.
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1861 — 1861 United States Senate election in California
The 1861 United States Senate election in California was held on April 2, 1861, by the California State Legislature to elect a U.S. senator (Class 3) to represent the State of California in the United States Senate. The legislature had previously attempted to elect a senator from March 9–20, culminating with McDougall's apparent victory on the 22nd ballot; however, it was subsequently found that McDougall had not received the requisite majority, and his election was rescinded.
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1862 — 1862 Rhode Island gubernatorial election
A gubernatorial election was held in Rhode Island on April 2, 1862. The incumbent Constitutional Union governor William Sprague IV was re-elected without opposition. Sprague won the 1860 election leading a coalition of Conservative Republicans, former Whigs, and Democrats that formed to oppose the Radical Republican gubernatorial candidate, Seth Padelford. Following the election, his supporters coalesced in the Constitutional Union Party.
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1863 — 1863 Rhode Island gubernatorial election
A gubernatorial election was held in Rhode Island on April 2, 1863. The Republican former mayor of Providence James Y. Smith defeated the Democratic incumbent governor William C. Cozzens. William Sprague IV won the 1860 Rhode Island gubernatorial election leading a coalition of Conservative Republicans, former Whigs, and Democrats. Following the election, Sprague's supporters coalesced in the Constitutional Union Party.
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1863 — Steele's Greenville expedition
Steele's Greenville expedition took place from April 2 to 25, 1863, during the Vicksburg campaign of the American Civil War. Union forces commanded by Major General Frederick Steele occupied Greenville, Mississippi, and operated in the surrounding area, to divert Confederate attention from a more important movement made in Louisiana by Major General John A. McClernand's corps. Minor skirmishing between the two sides occurred, particularly in the early stages of the expedition.
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1864 — Skirmish at Terre Noire Creek
The Skirmish at Terre Noire Creek, also known as the Skirmish at Wolf Creek or Skirmish at Antoine, an engagement during the Camden Expedition of the American Civil War, was fought on April 2, 1864. The action occurred about 1 mile (1.6 km) east of Terre Noire Creek along a defile near the towns of Hollywood, Arkansas (sometimes known as Spoonville or Witherspoonville) and Antoine, Arkansas.
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1865 — Battle of Selma
The Battle of Selma was a military engagement near the end of the American Civil War. It was fought in Selma, Alabama, on April 2, 1865, a town of about ten thousand inhabitants. Union Army forces under Major General James H. Wilson defeated a Confederate Army force under Lieutenant General Nathan Bedford Forrest. On March 22, 1865, Wilson led three divisions of Union cavalry, totaling 13,500 men, on a raid from Gravelly Springs, deep into largely untouched southern Alabama. He was opposed by Confederate General Forrest, whose soldiers numbered 2,000, and many of these were old men and boys.
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1865 — Battle of Sutherland's Station
The Battle of Sutherland's Station was an American Civil War conflict fought on April 2, 1865, in Dinwiddie, Virginia during the Appomattox Campaign. Union columns converged on Petersburg on April 2, pushing through a large section of the Confederate defensive entrenchments. As Robert E. Lee desperately sought to buy time to allow his army to withdraw, Ulysses S. Grant launched several other attacks. Stubborn Confederate resistance at Fort Gregg delayed Grant's progress. Meanwhile, Maj. Gen. Nelson A. Miles's Union division battered Henry Heth's Confederates near Sutherland's Station and drove them off the field. The Confederate defenders were scattered and driven northwestward.
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1865 — Third Battle of Petersburg
The Third Battle of Petersburg, also known as the Breakthrough at Petersburg or the Fall of Petersburg, was fought on April 2, 1865, south and southwest of Petersburg, Virginia, at the end of the 292-day Richmond–Petersburg Campaign (sometimes called the Siege of Petersburg) and in the beginning stage of the Appomattox Campaign near the conclusion of the American Civil War. The Union Army (Army of the Potomac, Army of the Shenandoah and Army of the James) under the overall command of General-in-chief, Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant, launched an assault on General Robert E. Lee's Confederate Army of Northern Virginia's Petersburg, Virginia trenches and fortifications after the Union victory at the Battle of Five Forks on April 1, 1865.
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1866 — 1866 Connecticut gubernatorial election
The 1866 Connecticut gubernatorial election was held on April 2, 1866. Civil War general and Republican nominee Joseph Roswell Hawley defeated Democratic nominee James E. English with 50.30% of the vote. As this was the first election held after the American Civil War, some aspects of the National Union Party were still present.
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1867 — Third Battle of Puebla
The Battle of 2 de Abril was fought on April 2, 1867, in and around the city of Puebla, Puebla. It was one of the major military actions in the Franco-Mexican War between elements of the Mexican Army of the Republic commanded by General Porfirio Díaz and troops at the service of the Mexican Empire composed by Mexican imperialist soldiers. The campaign of Puebla includes the siege of Puebla, the battle of April 2 and the capture of the forts of Loreto and Guadalupe. The battle, also known as the Third Battle of Puebla, was the end of a siege on the city of Puebla, which started on March 9 of the same year.
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1871 — Battle of Courbevoie
The Battle of Courbevoie was the first battle of the 1871 Paris Commune.
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1873 — 1873 Rhode Island gubernatorial election
The 1873 Rhode Island gubernatorial election was held on April 2, 1873, in order to elect the governor of Rhode Island. Republican nominee Henry Howard defeated Democratic nominee Benjamin G. Chace.
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1876 — Aniceto Esquivel is elected president of Costa Rica
Aniceto Esquivel Sáenz was chosen to succeed Tomás Guardia as president of Costa Rica.
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1879 — 1879 Rhode Island gubernatorial election
The 1879 Rhode Island gubernatorial election was held on April 2, 1879. Incumbent Republican Charles C. Van Zandt defeated Democratic nominee Thomas W. Segar with 62.09% of the vote.
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1879 — Battle of Gingindlovu
The Battle of Gingindlovu (uMgungundlovu) was fought on 2 April 1879 between a British relief column sent to break the Siege of Eshowe and a Zulu impi of King Cetshwayo.
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1883 — The first Battle of Woyowoyanko is fought
On April 2, 1883, French forces attacked a Wassoulou camp at the Woyowoyanko River near present-day Bamako, Mali. Wassoulou troops repelled the attack, and the French withdrew to Bamako.
April 2 is the first engagement. A second battle followed on April 12.
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1884 — 1884 Rhode Island gubernatorial election
The 1884 Rhode Island gubernatorial election was held on April 2, 1884. Incumbent Republican Augustus O. Bourn defeated Democratic nominee Thomas W. Segar with 62.39% of the vote.
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1885 — Battle of Chalchuapa
The Battle of Chalchuapa (Spanish: Batalla de Chalchuapa) was a battle between the military forces of El Salvador and Guatemala from 1–2 April 1885. Guatemalan President Justo Rufino Barrios was killed during the battle.
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1887 — Aston Villa wins its first FA Cup
On April 2, 1887, Aston Villa defeated West Bromwich Albion 2–0 in the FA Cup final at Kennington Oval in London. Dennis Hodgetts and captain Archie Hunter scored Villa’s goals, securing the club’s first FA Cup victory.
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1889 — 1889 Chicago mayoral election
In the Chicago mayoral election of 1889, Democrat DeWitt Clinton Cregier defeated incumbent Republican John A. Roche, winning a majority of the vote and a margin of victory in excess of ten percent. The election was held on April 2, 1889.
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1889 — 1889 San Diego mayoral election
The 1889 San Diego mayoral election was held on April 2, 1889, to elect the mayor for San Diego. Douglas Gunn was elected Mayor with a majority of the votes.
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1890 — 1890 Rhode Island gubernatorial election
The 1890 Rhode Island gubernatorial election was held on April 2, 1890. Democratic nominee John W. Davis defeated incumbent Republican Herbert W. Ladd with 48.76% of the vote.
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1895 — 1895 San Diego mayoral election
The 1895 San Diego mayoral election was held on April 2, 1895, to elect the mayor for San Diego. Incumbent Mayor William H. Carlson was reelected Mayor with a plurality of the votes.
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1895 — 1895 Chicago mayoral election
In the Chicago mayoral election of 1895, was held on Tuesday April 2 Republican nominee George Bell Swift (former acting mayor) was elected, winning a majority of the vote and defeating Democratic nominee Frank Wenter (president of the Chicago Sanitary District board) by more than a fifteen-point margin (55.09% to 39.48%). The Populist Party (a briefly-lived major national third party) nominated physician Bayard Holmes, who received 4.93% of the vote.
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1898 — Filipino revolutionary forces win the Battle of Camalig
On April 2, 1898, Filipino revolutionary forces defeated Spanish colonial troops at Camalig in Albay, in the Philippines. The revolutionary commanders included Vito Belarmino, Simeón Ola and Glicerio Delgado. After the battle, Belarmino promoted Ola to captain in recognition of his leadership.
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1901 — 1901 Wisconsin Supreme Court election
The 1901 Wisconsin Supreme Court election was held on Tuesday, April 2, 1901, to elect a justice to the Wisconsin Supreme Court for a ten-year term. Incumbent justice Joshua Eric Dodge was re-elected without opposition.
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1901 — 1901 San Diego mayoral election
The 1901 San Diego mayoral election was held on April 2, 1901, to elect the mayor for San Diego. Frank P. Frary was elected Mayor with a majority of the votes.
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1901 — 1901 Chicago mayoral election
In the Chicago mayoral election of 1901, Democrat Carter Harrison IV was reelected to a third term, defeating Republican nominee Elbridge Hanecy by a 9.5% margin of victory. The election took place on April 2. Until 2019, no subsequent election had more candidates running on its ballot. Ahead of the election, there were competitive races to receive the two major party's nominations at their municipal nominating conventions.
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1907 — 1907 Wisconsin Supreme Court election
The 1907 Wisconsin Supreme Court election was held on Tuesday, April 2, 1907, to elect a justice to the Wisconsin Supreme Court for a ten-year term. Incumbent justice Roujet D. Marshall was re-elected over challenger Henry Townsend Scudder.
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1907 — 1907 San Diego mayoral election
The 1907 San Diego mayoral election was held on April 2, 1907, to elect the mayor for San Diego. John F. Forward Sr. was elected mayor with a plurality of the votes.
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1907 — 1907 Chicago mayoral election
In the Chicago mayoral election of 1907, Republican Fred A. Busse defeated Democratic incumbent Edward F. Dunne. This was the first mayoral election to a four-year term in Chicago's history, as terms had been extended from two to four years. The election took place on April 2. In order to select their nominee, the Democratic Party held a primary election open to members at its municipal party convention.
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1910 — 1910 South Australian state election
State elections were held in South Australia on 2 April 1910. All 42 seats in the South Australian House of Assembly were up for election. The incumbent Liberal and Democratic Union (LDU) government led by Premier of South Australia Archibald Peake was defeated by the United Labor Party (ULP) led by John Verran. Each of the 13 districts elected multiple members, with voters casting multiple votes.
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1911 — Australia holds its first national census
On April 2, 1911, Australia held its first nationally coordinated census.
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1912 — 1912 Milwaukee mayoral election
An election for Mayor of Milwaukee was held on April 2, 1912. Incumbent mayor Emil Seidel was defeated for re-election by Democratic-Republican Fusion candidate Gerhard Adolph Bading, who won 58% of the vote. Bading was sworn in on April 17, 1912. Candidates included Milwaukee mayor Emil Seidel, former Milwaukee health commissioner Gerhard Adolph Bading, and Prohibitionist Ivan D. Mishoff.
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1912 — Titanic undergoes sea trials in Belfast Lough
After strong winds delayed the trials by a day, Titanic headed into Belfast Lough. The crew tested the ship's speed and adjusted its compasses before leaving for Southampton that evening.
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1914 — Second Battle of Torreón
The Second Battle of Torreón, which lasted from March 21 to April 2, 1914, was one of the major battles of the Mexican Revolution, where revolutionaries led by Pancho Villa occupied a city protected by Huertist federal forces.
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1916 — 1916 Argentine general election
General elections were held in Argentina on 2 April 1916. Voters elected the President, legislators, and local officials. The first secret-ballot presidential elections in the nation's history, they were mandatory and had a turnout of 63%. The turnout for the Chamber of Deputies election was 65%. The election has been characterized as the first free and fair elections in Argentina.
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1917 — Wilson asks Congress for a declaration of war against Germany
On April 2, 1917, US President Woodrow Wilson asked Congress to declare war on Germany. Congress approved the declaration on April 6, bringing the United States into the First World War.
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1918 — 1918 United States Senate special election in Wisconsin
The 1918 United States Senate special election in Wisconsin was held on April 2, 1918. Incumbent Democrat Senator Paul O. Husting was killed in a hunting accident the previous year. Republican U.S. Representative Irvine Lenroot defeated Democratic Federal Trade Commission Chairman Joseph E. Davies and Socialist former Congressman Victor L. Berger. Primary elections were held on March 19.
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1918 — 1918 Wisconsin Supreme Court special election
The 1918 Wisconsin Supreme Court special election was a special election held on Tuesday, April 2, 1918, to elect a justice to the Wisconsin Supreme Court. Incumbent justice Marvin B. Rosenberry (who had been appointed to in 1916 to fill a vacancy) won re-election over Charles H. Crownhart (the former chairman of the Wisconsin Industrial Commission).
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1918 — First Battle of the Jordan
The First Transjordan attack on Amman (known to the British as the First Attack on Amman) and to their enemy as the First Battle of the Jordan took place between 21 March and 2 April 1918, as a consequence of the successful Battle of Tell 'Asur which occurred after the Capture of Jericho in February and the Occupation of the Jordan Valley began, during the Sinai and Palestine Campaign of World War I. During the First Transjordan attack large incursions into Ottoman territory occurred.
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1918 — March Days
The March Days or March Events (Azerbaijani: Mart hadisələri) was a period of inter-ethnic strife and clashes which took place between 30 March – 2 April 1918 in the city of Baku and adjacent areas of the Baku Governorate of the Transcaucasian Commissariat.
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1919 — Battle of Bolshie Ozerki
The Battle of Bolshie Ozerki was a major engagement fought during the Allied North Russia Intervention in the Russian Civil War. Beginning on March 31, 1919, a force of British, American, Polish, and White Russian troops engaged several Red Army partisan regiments at the village of Bolshie Ozerki. Although the initial Allied attacks were repelled, the outnumbered Allies managed to repel the Soviet flanking attempts that followed and the Red Army was later ordered to withdraw.
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1922 — 1922 Argentine general election
General elections were held in Argentina on 2 April 1922. Marcelo Torcuato de Alvear of the Radical Civic Union (UCR) was elected president, while Elpidio González, also of the UCR, was elected vice-president. The UCR also maintained its majority in the Chamber of Deputies, winning 49 of the 85 seats available, leaving it holding 95 of the 158 seats in the Chamber.
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1924 — Finnish parliamentary election, 1924
Parliamentary elections were held in Finland on 1 and 2 April 1924. Although the Social Democratic Party remained the largest in Parliament with 60 of the 200 seats, Lauri Ingman of the National Coalition Party formed a centre-right majority government in May 1924. It remained intact until the Agrarians left in November 1924. Voter turnout was 57.4%.
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1925 — Birth of Ye Minghan
On 2 April 1925, Ye Minghan, a physicist, was born.
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1929 — 1929 Transjordanian general election
General elections were held in Transjordan on 2 April 1929, the first in the country's history.
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1929 — 1929 Chicago aldermanic election
The 1929 Chicago aldermanic election was held on February 26, 1929, with a runoff on April 2, to elect the 50 members of the Chicago City Council. The elections were non-partisan. Held in the middle of mayor William Hale Thompson's term, it would be the penultimate midterm election; four-year terms for aldermen were adopted in 1935, coinciding with the mayoral election that year.
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1938 — Queensland holds its 1938 state election
Queensland held a state election on 2 April 1938 to elect the 62 members of its Legislative Assembly. Premier William Forgan Smith’s Labor government sought a third term.
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1942 — Battle of Suursaari
The Battle of Suursaari was fought over the frozen Gulf of Finland on and around the islands of Gogland (Finnish: Suursaari, Swedish: Hogland)) and Bolshoy Tyuters (Finnish: Suur-Tytärsaari, (Swedish: Tyterskär)) during the Second World War. After sharp fighting the numerically superior Finnish forces seized the Gogland and Bolshoy Tyuters against the Red Army, and later provided support for Nazi German forces defending Bolshoy Tyuters against Soviet counterattacks.
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1942 — Battle of Prome (1942)
The Battle of Prome took place during the Japanese conquest of Burma. China's Generalissimo, Chiang Kai-shek, believed "As long as the British hold Prome, we hold Toungoo."
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1945 — Operation Roast
Operation Roast was a military operation undertaken by British Commandos, at Comacchio lagoon in north-east Italy, during the Spring 1945 offensive in Italy, part of the Italian Campaign, during the final stages of Second World War.
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1946 — 1946 Wisconsin Supreme Court election
The 1946 Wisconsin Supreme Court election was held on Tuesday, April 2, 1946, to elect a justice to the Wisconsin Supreme Court for a ten-year term. Incumbent justice Edward T. Fairchild narrowly defeated challenger Henry P. Hughes.
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1948 — Communist Party of Burma forces open fire in Pegu Region
On April 2, 1948, Communist Party of Burma forces opened fire at Paukkongyi in Pegu Region, now Bago Region, Myanmar. The incident marked the start of the party’s armed conflict with the post-independence government.
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1948 — Battle of Weixian
Battle of Weixian (also known as the Battle of the Central Section of the Jiaoji Railway) was a military campaign during the Chinese Civil War in which the People's Liberation Army (PLA) East China Field Army Shandong Corps, under the command of Xu Shiyou, launched an offensive to capture the city of Weixian in Shandong Province, held by the National Revolutionary Army (NRA).
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1949 — April 1949 Singapore Municipal Commission election
The April 1949 Singapore Municipal Commission election took place on 2 April 1949 to elect 18 of the 27 seats in the Singapore Municipal Commission.
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1950 — The Central Academy of Drama holds its founding meeting
On 2 April 1950, the Central Academy of Drama held its founding meeting in Beijing. Ouyang Yuqian was the academy’s first president. The meeting was a distinct milestone from the earlier schools and preparations that led to the academy.
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1955 — Singaporean general election, 1955
General elections were held in Singapore on 2 April 1955 to elect the 25 elected seats in the Legislative Assembly. Nomination day was on 28 February 1955.
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1957 — 1957 United States Senate special election in Texas
The 1957 United States Senate special election in Texas was held on April 2, 1957, to complete the unexpired term of Senator Price Daniel, who resigned to become Governor of Texas. Interim Senator William Blakley did not run in the special election. Ralph Yarborough won the race with a plurality of the vote; no majority was required.
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1957 — 1957 Los Angeles mayoral election
The 1957 Los Angeles mayoral election took place on April 2, 1957. Incumbent Norris Poulson was re-elected with minimal opposition. Poulson initially stated that he would retire from the office before changing his mind and filing for re-election; Kenneth Hahn, John S. Gibson Jr., and Don Belding all withdrew after Poulson made his announcement. Four candidates still ran to defeat Poulson, but Poulson won outright in the primary election.
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1957 — 1957 United States Senate elections
Democrat William Proxmire won a special election to fill the vacancy created by the death of Senator Joseph R. McCarthy (R-WI). Also, Price Daniel (D-TX) left the Senate to become governor of Texas, and Democrat Ralph Yarborough won a special election for that Senate seat. The Democrats thus made a net gain of one seat.
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1963 — 1963 Dallas mayoral election
The 1963 Dallas mayoral election was held on Tuesday April 2, 1963, with incumbent Earle Cabell being re-elected with 66.6 percent of the vote. During this term of Cabell's mayoralty, President John F. Kennedy would be assassinated in Dallas on November 22, 1963. Cabell resigned as mayor on February 3, 1964, in order to run for Congress. He would go on to win the election and unseat Republican incumbent Bruce Alger.
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1963 — 1963 Chicago mayoral election
The Chicago mayoral election of 1963 was held on April 2, 1963. The election saw Richard J. Daley elected to a third term as mayor, defeating Republican Ben Adamowski by a double-digit margin. The party was preceded by primary elections held on February 26, 1963 to determine the nominees of both the Democratic Party and the Republican Party.
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1963 — 1963 Wisconsin Supreme Court election
The 1963 Wisconsin Supreme Court election was held on Tuesday, April 2, 1963 to elect a justice to a full ten-year seat the Wisconsin Supreme Court. Bruce F. Beilfuss won an open race to succeed retiring justice Timothy Brown.
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1964 — Operation Popeye (Brazil)
Operation Popeye was the advance of the Tiradentes and Caicó detachments of the Brazilian Army and the Military Police of Minas Gerais (PMMG), from Minas Gerais, to Rio de Janeiro and Brasília during the 1964 Brazilian coup d'état. Their rearguard was protected within Minas Gerais by operations Cage and Silence. Ordered by general Olímpio Mourão Filho, from the 4th Military Region/Infantry Division, it was the coup's first military offensive.
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1966 — Kooyong by-election, 1966
A by-election was held for the Australian House of Representatives seat of Kooyong on 2 April 1966, following the resignation of Liberal Party MP and former Prime Minister Sir Robert Menzies on 16 February 1966. The by-election was won by Liberal candidate Andrew Peacock, although with a reduced majority.
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1968 — 1968 Wisconsin Supreme Court election
The 1968 Wisconsin Supreme Court election was held on Tuesday, April 2, 1968 to elect a justice to a full ten-year seat the Wisconsin Supreme Court. Incumbent justice Leo B. Hanley (appointed to fill a vacancy) was relected to a ten-year term, unopposed.
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1969 — LOT Polish Airlines Flight 165 (1969)
LOT Polish Airlines Flight 165 was an Antonov An-24 aircraft, registration SP-LTF, operating a scheduled passenger flight from Warsaw to Krakow Balice airport. It crashed into a mountain on 2 April 1969 at 16:08 local time (UTC+1) during a snowstorm. All 53 people on board were killed.
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1974 — 1974 Nova Scotia general election
The 1974 Nova Scotia general election was held on 2 April 1974 to elect members of the 51st House of Assembly of the Province of Nova Scotia, Canada. It was won by the Liberal Party. Most of its MLAs were elected in single-member district using first past the post voting but some, such as in Colchester and Yarmouth, were elected in two-seat districts using plurality block voting.
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1975 — Hue–Da Nang Campaign
The Hue–Da Nang Campaign was a series of military actions conducted by the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) against the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) during the Vietnam War, also known in Vietnam as the American War. The campaign was centred on the cities of Huế (Thừa Thiên-Huế Province) and Da Nang (Quảng Nam Province), with secondary fronts in the provinces of Quảng Trị and Quảng Ngãi.
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1977 — March 1977 Fijian general election
General elections were held in Fiji between 19 March and 2 April 1977. As a result of a split in the ethnic Fijian vote, the ruling Alliance Party of Prime Minister Kamisese Mara suffered a narrow defeat. Although the Alliance Party received the most votes, it won only 24 seats, two fewer than the Indo-Fijian-dominated National Federation Party (NFP).
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1978 — 1978 Japanese Super Cup
1978 Japanese Super Cup was the Japanese Super Cup competition. The match was played at Osaka Nagai Stadium in Osaka on April 2, 1978. Fujita Industries won the championship.
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1982 — Falklands War
The Falklands War (Spanish: Guerra de las Malvinas), also known as the Falklands Conflict, Falklands Crisis, and the Guerra del Atlántico Sur (Spanish for "South Atlantic War"), was a ten-week war between Argentina and the United Kingdom over two British overseas territories in the South Atlantic: the Falkland Islands and South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands. It began on Friday, 2 April 1982, when Argentina invaded and occupied the Falkland Islands (and, the following day, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands) in an attempt to establish the sovereignty it had claimed over them.
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1982 — 1982 invasion of the Falkland Islands
Argentine forces invaded the Falkland Islands on 2 April 1982 in a military operation code-named Operation Rosario (Operación Rosario). The invasion served as a catalyst for the subsequent Falklands War. The Argentines mounted amphibious landings and the invasion ended with the surrender of Falkland Government House, due to the location of the fighting the invasion is occasionally known as the Battle of Government House.
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1983 — 1983 German Supercup
The 1983 German Supercup was an unofficial edition of the German Supercup, a football match contested by the winners of the previous season's Bundesliga and DFB-Pokal competitions. The match was played at the Olympiastadion in Munich, and contested by cup winners Bayern Munich and league champions Hamburger SV. Bayern won the match 4–2 on penalties, following a 1–1 draw (with no extra time played), to claim the unofficial title.
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1985 — 1985 Wisconsin Supreme Court election
The 1985 Wisconsin Supreme Court election was held on April 2, 1985, to elect a justice to the Wisconsin Supreme Court for a ten-year term. Incumbent justice Nathan Heffernan (who had held the seat since 1964) was re-elected.
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1985 — 1985 St. Louis mayoral election
The 1985 St. Louis mayoral election was held on April 2, 1985 to elect the mayor of St. Louis, Missouri. It saw the re-election of Vincent C. Schoemehl to a second term. The election was preceded by party primaries on March 5.
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1985 — 1985 Newfoundland general election
The 1985 Newfoundland general election was held on 2 April 1985 to elect members of the 40th General Assembly of Newfoundland. It was won by the Progressive Conservative party under Premier Brian Peckford.
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1986 — IBM unveils the PC Convertible laptop
IBM introduced the PC Convertible, a battery-powered laptop with a folding display and two 3.5-inch disk drives. The display could detach for use with an external monitor.
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1989 — WrestleMania V
WrestleMania V was a 1989 professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) produced by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE). It was the fifth annual WrestleMania and took place on April 2, 1989, at the Atlantic City Convention Hall (promoted as Trump Plaza) in Atlantic City, New Jersey for a second consecutive year. WrestleMania V went head-to-head against Clash of the Champions VI, a television special by rival company World Championship Wrestling.
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1989 — 1989 Haitian coup attempt
The 1989 Haitian coup d'état attempt was a bloodless military coup attempt that took place in Haiti on 1–2 April 1989, when a group of rebel army officers attempted to overthrow the military government of Lt. Gen. Prosper Avril. The coup attempt, which included gunfire near the National Palace, was reportedly staged by Col. Himmler Rebu, commander of the elite Leopards battalion (stationed in Pétion-Ville, close to the capital Port-au-Prince).
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1989 — Mikhail Gorbachev begins his first visit to Cuba
Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev arrived at José Martí International Airport in Havana, where Fidel Castro greeted him. The arrival opened a three-day visit.
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1991 — 1991 Chicago mayoral election
The Chicago mayoral election of 1991 resulted in the re-election of incumbent Democrat Richard M. Daley to his first full four-year term. Daley had previously been elected to serve the remainder of Harold Washington's unexpired term in a special election held following Washington's death in office. Daley won by a landslide 44 point margin. His most significant opponent in general election was Harold Washington Party nominee R. Eugene Pincham.
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1991 — Rita Johnston becomes the first woman to lead a Canadian provincial government
Rita Johnston became interim leader of British Columbia's governing Social Credit Party and took over as premier. She was the first woman to hold a provincial premiership in Canada.
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1992 — Bijeljina massacre
The Bijeljina massacre involved the killing of civilians by Serb paramilitary groups in Bijeljina on 1–2 April 1992 in the run-up to the Bosnian War. The majority of those killed were Bosnian Muslims. Members of other ethnicities were also killed, as well as Serbs deemed disloyal by the local authorities.
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1995 — WrestleMania XI
WrestleMania XI was the eleventh annual WrestleMania pay-per-view event held by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) at the Hartford Civic Center in Hartford, Connecticut on April 2, 1995. The main event was a match between NFL linebacker Lawrence Taylor, who faced Bam Bam Bigelow as the result of an argument that took place between the two at the 1995 Royal Rumble. Taylor won the match, which led to Bigelow being kicked out of Ted DiBiase's Million Dollar Corporation. Shawn Michaels faced WWF World Heavyweight Champion Diesel in a title match but was unable to win the championship.
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1995 — Weekly Pro Wrestling Tokyo Dome Show
The Weekly Pro Wrestling Tokyo Dome Show, often referred to as Bridge of Dreams (Japanese: 夢の架け橋～憧夢春爛漫～, Hepburn: Yume no Kakehashi: Dōmu Haruranman), was a multi-promotional professional wrestling and mixed martial arts television special event hosted by Japanese wrestling magazine, Weekly Pro Wrestling. The event took place on April 2, 1995 at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan.
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1995 — 1995 Football League Cup final
The 1995 Football League Cup final was a football match played between Bolton Wanderers and Liverpool on 2 April 1995 at Wembley Stadium, London. It was the final match of the 1994–95 Football League Cup, the 35th staging of the Football League Cup, a football competition for the 92 teams in the Premier League and The Football League. This was Bolton's first-ever final appearance.
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1996 — 1996 Dublin West by-election
A Dáil by-election was held in the constituency of Dublin West in Ireland on Tuesday, 2 April 1996, to fill a vacancy in the 27th Dáil. It followed the death of Fianna Fáil Teachta Dála (TD) Brian Lenihan Snr on 1 November 1995. The writ of election to fill the vacancy was agreed by the Dáil on 12 March 1996.
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1996 — 1996 Donegal North-East by-election
A Dáil by-election was held in the constituency of Donegal North-East in Ireland on Tuesday, 2 April 1996, to fill a vacancy in the 27th Dáil. It followed the death of Independent Fianna Fáil Teachta Dála (TD) Neil Blaney on 8 November 1995. The writ of election to fill the vacancy was agreed by the Dáil on 12 March 1996.
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1998 — Hong Kong Election Committee Subsector elections, 1998
The 1998 Election Committee Subsector Elections were held on 2 April 1998 to form the Election Committee responsible for electing the Chief Executive of Hong Kong as well as 10 seats of the Election Committee constituency in the first Legislative Council election in May 1998. The 800-member Election Committee was formed, consisting of 77 ex-officio members; 40 members nominated by the Religious Subsector; 95 returned uncontested from four subsectors; and 588 returned from 31 subsectors after the subsector elections.
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1999 — Torneo Gran Alternativa (April 1999)
The Torneo Gran Alternativa (April 1999) (Spanish for "Great Alternative Tournament") was a professional wrestling tournament held by the Mexican professional wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL; Spanish for "World Wrestling Council"). The tournament was held on April 2, 1999, in Mexico City, Mexico at CMLL's main venue, Arena México. The Gran Alternativa tournament features tag teams composed of a rookie, or novato, and a veteran wrestler for an elimination tournament.
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2000 — WrestleMania 2000
WrestleMania 2000 (sequentially known as WrestleMania 16) was the sixteenth annual WrestleMania professional wrestling pay-per-view produced by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF). It took place on April 2, 2000, at the Arrowhead Pond of Amaheim in Anaheim, California. The main event was a four-way elimination match for the WWF Championship involving reigning champion Triple H, The Rock, Mick Foley, and The Big Show, which Triple H won after last eliminating The Rock. Main matches on the undercard included a triangle ladder match for the WWF Tag Team Championship involving Edge and Christian, The Hardy Boyz, and The Dudley Boyz, and a two-fall triple threat match for the WWF Intercontinental and European Championships involving Kurt Angle, Chris Jericho, and Chris Benoit.
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2000 — 2000 Puerto Rico Democratic presidential caucuses
The 2000 Puerto Rico Democratic presidential caucuses were held on April 2, 2000, as part of the Democratic Party primaries for the 2000 presidential election. 58 delegates to the Democratic National Convention were allocated to presidential candidates. Although Puerto Rico would not participate in the 2000 presidential general election because it is a U.S. territory and not a state, it equally participated in the U.S. presidential caucuses and primaries.
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2000 — The first Game Market takes place in Tokyo
The first Game Market brought tabletop game makers and players together at Kanda Panse in Tokyo. The organizers recorded 32 exhibitor booths and 400 visitors.
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2002 — Second Intifada: Palestinian militants sought refuge from advancing Israeli forces in the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem, beginning a month-long siege
From 2 April to 10 May 2002, the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem in the West Bank was besieged by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), targeting suspected Palestinian militants who had taken shelter in the church. As part of Operation Defensive Shield, the IDF occupied Bethlehem and attempted to capture suspected Palestinian militants. Dozens of them fled into the Church of the Nativity and sought refuge.
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2003 — Battle of Nasiriyah
The Battle of Nasiriyah was fought between the US 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade and Iraqi forces from 23 March to 2 April 2003 during the US-led invasion of Iraq. On the night of 24–25 March, the bulk of the Marines of Regimental Combat Team 1 passed through the city over the bridges and attacked north towards Baghdad.
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2003 — Battle of Hillah (2003)
The Battle of Al Hillah was an armed military confrontation between military elements of the United States and Iraq during the 2003 Invasion of Iraq. Prior to the Iraq War, the ancient city of Al Hillah was home to numerous bases for the Iraqi Medina division of the Iraqi Republican Guard.
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2004 — Sri Lankan parliamentary election, 2004
Parliamentary elections were held in Sri Lanka on 2 April 2004. The ruling United National Party of Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe was defeated, winning only eighty two seats in the 225-member Sri Lankan parliament. The opposition United People's Freedom Alliance won 105 seats. While this was eight seats short of an absolute majority, the Alliance was able to form a government.
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2004 — UFC 47
UFC 47: It's On! was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on April 2, 2004, at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in the Las Vegas suburb of Paradise, Nevada. The event was broadcast live on pay-per-view, and later released on DVD.
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2005 — Battle of Abu Ghraib
The Battle of Abu Ghraib was an April 2, 2005 attack on United States forces at Abu Ghraib prison, which consisted of heavy mortar and rocket fire, under which armed insurgents attacked with grenades, small arms, and two vehicle-borne improvised explosive devices (VBIED). The U.S. Military's munitions ran so low that orders to fix bayonets were given in preparation for hand-to-hand fighting.
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2005 — WWE Hall of Fame (2005)
WWE Hall of Fame (2005) was the event which featured introduction of the 6th class to the WWE Hall of Fame. The event was produced by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) on April 2, 2005, from the Universal Amphitheatre in Los Angeles, California. The event took place the same weekend as WrestleMania 21. The event was hosted by Gene Okerlund.
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2006 — Tornado outbreak of April 2, 2006
During the late afternoon and evening of April 2, 2006, a series of tornadoes broke out in the central United States. It was the second major outbreak of 2006, in the same area that suffered considerable destruction in a previous outbreak on March 11 and 12, as well as an outbreak on November 15, 2005.
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2006 — WrestleMania 22
WrestleMania 22 was a 2006 professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). It was the 22nd annual WrestleMania and took place on April 2, 2006, at the Allstate Arena in the Chicago suburb of Rosemont, Illinois, held for wrestlers from the promotion's Raw and SmackDown! brand divisions. There were two main events, which were the main matches for each brand.
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2006 — 2006 Football League Trophy final
The 2006 Football League Trophy Final was an association football match played on 2 April 2006 at the Millennium Stadium, Cardiff. The match was the 23rd final of the Football League Trophy, the domestic cup competition for teams from Football Leagues One and Two. The final was contested between Swansea City of League One and Carlisle United of League Two.
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2008 — UFC Fight Night: Florian vs. Lauzon
UFC Fight Night: Florian vs. Lauzon (also known as UFC Fight Night 13) was a mixed martial arts (MMA) event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) on April 2, 2008 at the Broomfield Event Center in Broomfield, Colorado.
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2009 — 2009 Liberal National Party of Queensland leadership election
The 2009 Liberal National Party of Queensland leadership election was held on 2 April 2009 to elect a new leader of the Liberal National Party of Queensland (LNP) and, ex officio, Leader of the Opposition. Following the LNP's loss at the state election on 21 March 2009, Lawrence Springborg resigned as leader.
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2010 — Good Friday Battle
The Good Friday Engagement took place on April 2, 2010 as part of the Bundeswehr's operation in Afghanistan between a paratrooper unit and members of the Taliban. These were supported by the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan. Three paratroopers were killed in the engagement. In the engagement, German soldiers were involved in prolonged combat operations with their own losses for the first time since the Second World War.
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2010 — CMLL holds its 2 April Super Viernes show
On 2 April 2010, Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre held a Super Viernes show at Arena México in Mexico City. It was one of five shows held that month.
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2011 — WWE Hall of Fame (2011)
WWE Hall of Fame (2011) was the event which featured the introduction of the 12th class to the WWE Hall of Fame. The event was produced by WWE on April 2, 2011, from the Philips Arena in Atlanta, Georgia. The event took place the same weekend as WrestleMania XXVII. The event was hosted by Jerry Lawler.
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2011 — India wins the Cricket World Cup for the second time in history under the captaincy of MS Dhoni
The 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup was the tenth Cricket World Cup. It was played in India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, the latter hosting World Cup matches for the first time. India defeated Sri Lanka by six wickets in the final at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai, thus becoming the first country to win the Cricket World Cup final on home soil.
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2011 — The first Lollapalooza Chile opens in Santiago
Lollapalooza opened a two-day music festival at Parque O’Higgins in Santiago. It was the first edition of Lollapalooza held outside the United States.
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2012 — 2012 Oikos University shooting
On April 2, 2012, 43-year-old One L. Goh killed seven people and injured three others at Oikos University, a Korean Christian college in Oakland, California, United States. It is the deadliest mass killing in the city's history.
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2012 — UTair Flight 120
UTair Flight 120 was a scheduled domestic passenger flight from Tyumen to Surgut, Russia. On 2 April 2012, the ATR-72 turboprop aircraft operating the flight crashed shortly after take-off from Roschino International Airport, killing 33 of the 43 people on board. Investigation carried out by the Russian Interstate Aviation Committee (MAK) revealed that the aircraft had not been de-iced prior to its take-off, even though it had been parked for hours in snowy condition.
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2013 — 2013 Kansas City, Kansas, mayoral election
The 2013 Kansas City, Kansas mayoral election took place on April 2, 2013, to elect the Mayor/CEO of the United Government of Wyandotte County and Kansas City, Kansas. The election is officially nonpartisan. Incumbent Joe Reardon did not run for a third term. Mark Holland and Ann Murguia were on the ballot in the general election. Holland defeated Murguia by over 1,500 votes.
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2013 — 2013 Wisconsin elections
The 2013 Wisconsin Spring Election was held in the U.S. state of Wisconsin on April 2, 2013. There were contested elections for justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court and Superintendent of Public Instruction, as well as several other nonpartisan local and judicial elections. In addition, the ballot contained a special election to fill a vacancy in the 98th Assembly district.
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2013 — 2013 St. Louis mayoral election
The 2013 St. Louis mayoral election was held on April 2, 2013 to elect the mayor of St. Louis, Missouri. It saw the reelection of incumbent mayor Francis Slay to a fourth term. The election was preceded by party primaries on March 5.
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2013 — 2013 North Las Vegas mayoral election
The 2013 North Las Vegas mayoral election was held on April 2, 2013, to elect the mayor of North Las Vegas, Nevada. It saw the election of John Jay Lee, who defeated incumbent mayor Shari Buck.
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2014 — 2014 Fort Hood shootings
On April 2, 2014, a spree shooting occurred at several locations on the Fort Hood military base near Killeen, Texas. Four people, including the gunman, were killed while 14 additional people were injured; 12 by gunshot wounds. The shooter, 34-year-old Army Specialist Ivan Lopez-Lopez, died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
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2015 — Garissa University College attack
On 2 April 2015, gunmen stormed the Garissa University College in Garissa, Kenya, killing 148 people, and injuring 79 or more. The militant group and Al-Qaeda offshoot, Al-Shabaab, which the gunmen claimed to be from, took responsibility for the attack. The gunmen took over 700 students hostage, freeing Muslims and killing those who identified as Christians. The siege ended the same day, when all four of the attackers were killed. Five men were later arrested in connection with the attack, and a bounty was placed for the arrest of a suspected organizer.
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2016 — World Series of Fighting 30: Branch vs. Starks
World Series of Fighting 30: Branch vs. Starks was a mixed martial arts event held on April 2, 2016 at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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2016 — 2016 Czech Pirate Party leadership election
The Czech Pirate Party leadership election of 2016 was held on 2 April 2016. Ivan Bartoš was elected the new leader. Members of the party were allowed to vote through internet.
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2016 — WWE Hall of Fame (2016)
WWE Hall of Fame (2016) was the event which featured the introduction of the 17th class to the WWE Hall of Fame. The event was produced by WWE on April 2, 2016, from the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas. The event took place the same weekend as WrestleMania 32. The event aired live on the WWE Network, and was hosted by Jerry Lawler.
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2017 — 2017 National Liberation Party presidential primary
Costa Rica's National Liberation Party presidential primary (or Convención Nacional “National Convention”) was a primary election programmed for April 2, 2017 in order to choose the party's presidential nominee for the 2018 Costa Rican general election. PLN was then the main opposition party to Luis Guillermo Solís' government.
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2017 — 2017 Serbian presidential election
Presidential elections were held in Serbia on 2 April 2017. Incumbent president Tomislav Nikolić was eligible to run for a second five-year term, but opted not to do so. Prime Minister Aleksandar Vučić was elected president in the first round. The election was marred by accusations of voter intimidation and a near total domination of the Serbian media by Vučić and his party.
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2017 — 2017 EFL Trophy final
The 2017 EFL Trophy final was an association football match that was played on 2 April 2017 at Wembley Stadium, London. It was played between League One teams Coventry City and Oxford United. The match decided the winners of the 2016–17 EFL Trophy, a 64-team knockout tournament comprising clubs from League One and League Two of the English Football League (EFL), as well as 16 Category One academy sides representing Premier League and Championship clubs.
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2017 — WrestleMania 33
WrestleMania 33 was a 2017 professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) and livestreaming event produced by WWE, held for wrestlers from the promotion's main roster brands, Raw and SmackDown. It was the 33rd annual WrestleMania and took place on April 2, 2017, at Camping World Stadium in Orlando, Florida. Then-active WWE wrestlers The New Day (Big E, Kofi Kingston, and Xavier Woods) served as the hosts of the event.
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2017 — Ecuador holds its presidential runoff
On April 2, 2017, Ecuador held a presidential runoff between Lenín Moreno and Guillermo Lasso. Official final results gave Moreno 51.16% of the vote and Lasso 48.84%. The second round followed the February 19 vote, in which neither candidate met the threshold for an outright presidential victory. The National Assembly election had also taken place in February.
April 2 was the presidential second round; the first round was held on February 19.
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2018 — Ethiopian civil conflict (2018–present)
The ongoing Ethiopian civil conflict began with the 2018 dissolution of the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF), an ethnic federalist, dominant party political coalition. After the 20-year border conflict between Ethiopia and Eritrea, a decade of internal tensions, two years of protests, and a state of emergency, Hailemariam Desalegn resigned on 15 February 2018 as prime minister and EPRDF chairman, and there were hopes of peace under his successor Abiy Ahmed.
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2019 — 2019 Wisconsin Supreme Court election
The 2019 Wisconsin Supreme Court election was held on Tuesday, April 2, 2019, to elect a justice to the Wisconsin Supreme Court for a ten-year term. The incumbent justice, Shirley Abrahamson, retired after 43 years on the court, the longest in the history of the Wisconsin Supreme Court. Although the Wisconsin Supreme Court justices are considered nonpartisan, Abrahamson identified as a liberal and voted with the liberal 3–4 minority on the court.
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2019 — 2019 Chicago aldermanic election
The 2019 Chicago aldermanic election took place in two rounds on February 26 and April 2, 2019, to elect 50 aldermen to the Chicago City Council. Each alderman represents one of Chicago's 50 wards. The elections are non-partisan and use a two-round system where the top two finishers compete in a second-round run-off if no candidate receives more than 50% of the vote in the first round.
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2019 — 2019 Wisconsin elections
The 2019 Wisconsin spring election was held in the U.S. state of Wisconsin on April 2, 2019. There was one seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court on the ballot, as well as several other nonpartisan local and judicial elections. There were also a number of local referendums for school funding. The 2019 Wisconsin spring primary was held on February 19, 2019.
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2019 — 2019 Maltese presidential election
The 2019 Maltese presidential election took place on 2 April 2019. Members of the Parliament of Malta voted in an indirect election to approve the appointment of former cabinet minister George Vella, the only nominee, as President of Malta. Vella's nomination was supported by both the governing Labour Party and opposition Nationalist Party.
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2019 — 2019 Las Vegas mayoral election
The 2019 Las Vegas mayoral election took place on April 2, 2019, to elect the Mayor of Las Vegas, Nevada. The election was held concurrently with various other local elections, and was officially nonpartisan. Goodman's main opponent was Republican Phil Collins. Incumbent Mayor Carolyn Goodman, an Independent in office since 2011, was reelected to a third term in office.
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2019 — 2019 Brown County, Wisconsin Executive election
The 2019 Brown County, Wisconsin Executive election took place on April 2, 2019. Incumbent County Executive Troy Streckenbach ran for re-election to a third term. Though outgoing Green Bay Mayor Jim Schmitt took out papers to challenge Streckenbach, he ultimately declined to run. Instead, Streckenbach faced former County Supervisor Mark Berndt, a financial advisor. He defeated Berndt in a landslide, winning 75 percent of the vote.
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2019 — 2019 Columbia, Missouri, mayoral election
The American city of Columbia, Missouri held an election for mayor on April 2, 2019. Incumbent mayor Brian Treece won re-election against former Missouri House member Chris Kelly. Kelly's run for Columbia mayor was the only unsuccessful electoral campaign of his career.
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2019 — 2019 Colorado Springs mayoral election
The 2019 Colorado Springs mayoral election was held on April 2, 2019, to elect the mayor of Colorado Springs, Colorado. The election was officially nonpartisan. A runoff had been scheduled for May 21, 2019, but John Suthers received enough votes in the general election. Incumbent mayor Suthers won reelection to a second term.
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2019 — 2019 Chicago mayoral election
The 2019 Chicago mayoral election was held on February 26, 2019, to determine the next Mayor of the City of Chicago, Illinois. Since no candidate received a majority of votes, a runoff election was held on April 2, 2019, between the two candidates with the most votes, Lori Lightfoot and Toni Preckwinkle. Lightfoot defeated Preckwinkle in the runoff election to become mayor, and was sworn in as mayor on May 20, 2019.
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2019 — 2019 Chicago elections
The 2019 Chicago elections took place in two rounds on February 26, 2019, and April 2, 2019. Elections were held for Mayor of Chicago, City Clerk of Chicago, City Treasurer of Chicago, and all 50 members of the Chicago City Council. The candidates who won in these elections were inaugurated on May 20, 2019. Four ballot referendums were also voted on in certain precincts.
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2021 — 2021 Hualien train derailment
On 2 April 2021, at 09:28 NST (01:28 UTC), a Taroko Express train operated by the Taiwan Railways Administration (TRA) derailed at the north entrance of Qingshui Tunnel in Heren Section, Xiulin Township, Hualien County, Taiwan, killing 49 people and injuring at least two others, making it the deadliest railway accident in Taiwan in terms of confirmed deaths.
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2021 — Awdheegle and Bariire attacks
On 2 April 2021, Al-Shabaab militants simultaneously attacked Somali National Army bases in Awdheegle and Bariire, Lower Shabelle, killing forty-eight soldiers and dozens of al-Shabaab fighters. Somali forces were able to repulse both attacks.
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2021 — 2021 United States Capitol car attack
On April 2, 2021, Noah Green, a 25-year-old black nationalist, killed Capitol Police officer William Evans and wounded a second officer after he deliberately rammed his car into a barricade outside the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C. As a result of the attack, the Capitol complex was locked down. Green was shot and later died at a hospital from the gunshot wounds.
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2021 — Bellator 255
Bellator 255: Pitbull vs. Sanchez 2 was a mixed martial arts event produced by Bellator MMA that took place on April 2, 2021 at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut. The event was Bellator's first of the year following a four-month break after Bellator 254.
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2021 — 2021 Aguelhok attack
On April 2, 2021, insurgents from the al-Qaeda-linked group Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin (JNIM) attacked a contingent of Chadian troops serving in MINUSMA, the UN's peacekeeping branch throughout the Mali War. The Chadian troops effectively repelled the JNIM attack, inflicting heavy casualties.
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2022 — NXT Stand & Deliver (2022)
The 2022 NXT Stand & Deliver was a professional wrestling livestreaming event produced by WWE. It was the second annual Stand & Deliver held for the promotion's developmental brand NXT. The event took place on April 2, 2022, at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas. The event was held as a part of WrestleMania Weekend, being held the same day as WrestleMania 38 Night 1 with a special start time of 1 p.m.
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2022 — Battle of Kyiv (2022)
The Battle of Kyiv was part of the Kyiv offensive in the Russian invasion of Ukraine for control of Kyiv, the capital city of Ukraine, and surrounding districts including Hostomel Airport. The combatants were elements of the Russian Armed Forces and Ukrainian Armed Forces. The battle lasted from 24 February 2022 to 2 April 2022 and ended with the withdrawal of Russian forces.
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2023 — 2023 Finnish parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in Finland on 2 April 2023 to elect members of the Parliament of Finland. Following the 2019 election, the Social Democratic Party (SDP) formed a governing coalition with the Centre Party, Greens, Left Alliance, and the Swedish People's Party, with Antti Rinne serving as the prime minister of Finland.
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2023 — WrestleMania 39
WrestleMania 39, also promoted as WrestleMania Goes Hollywood, was a 2023 two-part professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) and livestreaming event produced by WWE, held for wrestlers from the promotion's main roster brands, Raw and SmackDown. It was the 39th annual WrestleMania and took place as a two-night event on Saturday, April 1 and Sunday, April 2, 2023, at SoFi Stadium in the Greater Los Angeles city of Inglewood, California.
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2023 — Bolton wins the 2023 EFL Trophy final
Bolton Wanderers defeated Plymouth Argyle 4–0 in the 2023 EFL Trophy final at Wembley Stadium in London on 2 April.
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2023 — Montenegro holds the second round of its 2023 presidential election
Montenegro held the second round of its presidential election on 2 April 2023. Jakov Milatović won with 58.88% of the vote, defeating incumbent Milo Đukanović, who received 41.12%.
This entry records the second round; the first round took place on 19 March.
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2023 — 2023 Liechtenstein local elections
The 2023 Liechtenstein local elections were held on 5 March and 2 April to elect the municipal councils and the mayors of the eleven municipalities of Liechtenstein.
This entry records the second round, as dated in the source infobox.
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2023 — 2023 Geneva cantonal election
Cantonal elections were held in Geneva on 2 April 2023, with a second round on 30 April, to elect all 100 members of the legislative Grand Council and 7 members of the executive Council of State of the canton.
This entry records the first round, as dated in the source infobox.
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2024 — 2024 Connecticut Republican presidential primary
The 2024 Connecticut Republican presidential primary was held on April 2, 2024, as part of the Republican Party primaries for the 2024 presidential election. 28 delegates to the 2024 Republican National Convention were allocated on a winner-take-most basis. The contest was held alongside primaries in New York, Rhode Island, and Wisconsin.
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2024 — 2024 Wisconsin Republican presidential primary
The 2024 Wisconsin Republican presidential primary was held on April 2, 2024, as part of the Republican Party primaries for the 2024 presidential election. 41 delegates to the 2024 Republican National Convention were allocated on a winner-take-all basis.
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2024 — 2024 Rhode Island Democratic presidential primary
The 2024 Rhode Island Democratic presidential primary was held on April 2, 2024, as part of the Democratic Party primaries for the 2024 presidential election, alongside three other contests on the day. 26 delegates to the Democratic National Convention were allocated, with 9 additional unpledged delegates.
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2024 — Rhode Island holds its 2024 Republican presidential primary
The Rhode Island Republican presidential primary was held on 2 April 2024. The contest allocated 19 delegates to the Republican National Convention on a winner-take-most basis.
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2024 — 2024 Pakistani Senate election
Elections for the Senate of Pakistan were held on 2 April 2024. Senate elections in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa were postponed by the ECP to 21 July 2025. 52 out of 100 incumbent Senators including 4 FATA senators retired after completing their 6-year terms. After the merger of FATA with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the remaining 4 out of 8 seats were also abolished. 48 seats from four Provinces and the Federal Capital were up for election, including the seats for which the election was postponed.
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2024 — 2024 Wisconsin Democratic presidential primary
The 2024 Wisconsin Democratic presidential primary was held on April 2, 2024, as part of the Democratic Party primaries for the 2024 presidential election, alongside three other contests on the day. 82 delegates to the Democratic National Convention were allocated, with 13 additional unpledged delegates. President Joe Biden won almost 90% of the vote and was virtually unopposed, with Dean Phillips and the campaign for uninstructed delegates being his only challengers.
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2024 — 2024 Milwaukee County Executive election
The 2024 Milwaukee County Executive election took place on April 2, 2024. Incumbent County Executive David Crowley ran for re-election to a second term. His only opponent was activist and perennial candidate Ieshuh Griffin. Because only two candidates filed for the election, no primary election was held. Crowley defeated Griffin in a landslide, winning re-election with 85 percent of the vote.
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2024 — 2024 Viertola school shooting
On 2 April 2024, a shooting occurred at the Viertola school, Jokiranta site in Vantaa, Finland. The gunman, a 12-year-old fired a revolver at three students, all aged 12. One victim was killed while two were seriously injured.
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2024 — 2024 New York Republican presidential primary
The 2024 New York Republican presidential primary was held on April 2, 2024, as part of the Republican Party primaries for the 2024 presidential election. 91 delegates to the 2024 Republican National Convention were allocated on a winner-take-most basis. The contest was held alongside the primaries in Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Wisconsin.
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2024 — 2024 New York Democratic presidential primary
The 2024 New York Democratic presidential primary was held on April 2, 2024, as part of the Democratic Party primaries for the 2024 presidential election, alongside contests in three other states. 268 delegates to the Democratic National Convention were allocated, with 39 additional unpledged delegates.
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2024 — 2024 Anchorage mayoral election
The 2024 Anchorage mayoral election was held on April 2, 2024, with a runoff election on May 14 because no candidate received more than 45% of the vote in the first round. It elected the mayor of Anchorage, Alaska. Incumbent Republican mayor Dave Bronson ran for re-election to a second term in office. Bronson and former Anchorage Assembly chair Suzanne LaFrance advanced to the runoff, with LaFrance narrowly placing ahead of Bronson.
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2024 — 2024 Milwaukee mayoral election
The 2024 Milwaukee mayoral election was held on April 2, 2024, concurrent with other elections during Wisconsin's spring elections, to elect the mayor of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Incumbent Mayor Cavalier Johnson sought re-election. Johnson won in the largest landslide victory since the 2008 Milwaukee mayoral election. Municipal elections in Wisconsin are nonpartisan. However, all of the candidates in the election were individually affiliated with the Democratic Party.
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2024 — 2024 Wisconsin spring election
On April 2, 2024, Wisconsin held its spring election. The ballot included the Democratic and Republican presidential nominating contests, two uncontested Wisconsin Court of Appeals seats and various nonpartisan local and judicial offices, including county executive and mayoral races in Milwaukee.
This records the spring election, separate from the November general election.
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2025 — Jagiellonia Białystok wins the delayed 2024 Polish Super Cup
The delayed 2024 Polish Super Cup was played at the National Stadium in Warsaw on 2 April 2025. Jagiellonia Białystok defeated Wisła Kraków 1–0.
The competition edition was 2024; the match was played in 2025.
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2025 — Liberation Day tariffs: U.S. President Donald Trump announces sweeping worldwide tariffs
United States president Donald Trump announced a broad package of import duties on April 2, 2025—a date he called "Liberation Day". In a White House Rose Garden ceremony, Trump signed Executive Order 14257, Regulating Imports With a Reciprocal Tariff to Rectify Trade Practices That Contribute to Large and Persistent Annual United States Goods Trade Deficits.
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