April 2
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[edit] Events
- 1513 - Juan Ponce de Leon sets foot on Florida becoming the first known European to do so.
- 1917 - World War I: The Battle of Vimy Ridge commences when the Canada Corps launches an artillery bombardment of the German trenches. Up to that time, it was the biggest artillery bombardment in history.
- 1982 - Falklands War: Falkland Islands invaded by Argentina.
[edit] Births
- 742 - Charlemagne (d. 814)
- 1743 - Thomas Jefferson, 3rd President of the United States (d. 1826)
- 1805 - Hans Christian Andersen, Danish writer (d. 1875)
[edit] Deaths
- 1953 - Hugo Sperrle, German field marshal (b. 1885)
- 2005 - Pope John Paul II (b. 1920)
- 2006 - Nina Schenk von Stauffenberg, German wife of attempted Hitler assassin Claus Schenk von Stauffenberg (b. 1913)
