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This is a list of selected April 2 anniversaries that appear in the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases, you can be bold and edit this page. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before making your edit. However, if your addition might be controversial or on a day that is or will soon be on the Main Page, please post your suggestion on the talk page instead.

Please note that the events listed on the Main Page are chosen based more on relative article quality and to maintain a mix of topics, not based solely on how important or significant their subjects are. Only four to five events are posted at a time and thus not everything that is "most important and significant" can be listed. In addition, an event is generally not posted this year if it is also the subject of the scheduled featured article or picture of the day.

To report an error when this appears on the Main Page, see Main Page errors. Please remember that this list defers to the supporting articles, so it is best to achieve consensus and make any necessary changes there first.

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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
1801War of the Second Coalition: British forces led by Vice Admiral Horatio Nelson defeated the Dano-Norwegian fleet at the Battle of Copenhagen. multiple issues
1885North-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
1956As 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
1976Norodom Sihanouk (pictured) resigned as leader of Cambodia and was arrested by the Khmer Rouge. resignation was only retroactively declared on this day
2006More 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

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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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