April 2nd in History
April 2nd in History
- 1792: Congress establishes the US mint to coin American money
- 1801: During the naval battle of Copenhagen, Nelson ignores a signal to withdraw by putting the telescope to his blind eye
- 1958: National Advisory Council on Aeronautics renamed NASA
- 1966: Soviet Union's Luna 10 becomes spacecraft to orbit Moon
- 1982: Argentinian forces invade the British run Falkland Islands
April 2nd birthdays
- 742: Charlemagne, French emperor
- 1725: Giacomo Casanova, Italian lover, writer and philosopher
- 1805: Hans Christian Andersen, Danish author of fairy tales
- 1840: Emile Zola, French author
- 1891: Max Ernst, German painter
- 1914: Sir Alec Guinness, English actor of stage and screen
