April 2nd in History

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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