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on this day today in history film music and sport menu on this day calendar today in history events birthdays celebrity birthdays deaths weddings fun facts history film tv music sport explore calendar list of years famous people today in history events birthdays deaths fun facts 1 apr apr 3 battle of copenhagen us declares war on germany and the 1st human cannonball all days 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 all months january february march april may june july august september october november december all types events birthdays deaths weddings search april 2 on this day calendar april 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 summary events birthdays deaths weddings film tv music sport today in history 1513 explorer juan ponce de león claims florida for spain as the first known european to reach it 1792 the coinage act is passed establishing the united states mint and authorizing the 10 eagle 5 half eagle 2 50 quarter eagle gold coins and the silver dollar half dollar quarter dime and half dime battle of copenhagen 1801 battle of copenhagen british naval forces led by horatio nelson destroy the danish fleet during the napoleonic wars 1917 us president woodrow wilson asks congress to declare war against germany 1930 ras tafari makonnen is proclaimed emperor haile selassie of abyssinia ethiopia 1982 several thousand argentine troops invade and seize the falkland islands from the united kingdom 2020 record 6 6 million americans file claims for unemployment in the prior week according to the us department of labor 10 million in the prior two weeks 2025 us president donald trump announces liberation day unveiling wide ranging tariffs on foreign countries importing into the us including 34 on china and 20 for the european union 1 historical events today events in 2025 today in film tv 1968 2001 a space odyssey directed by stanley kubrick and starring keir dullea and gary lockwood premieres at the uptown theater in washington d c today in music 1977 fleetwood mac s rumours album goes to no 1 and stays atop the charts for 31 weeks today in sport 1995 longest strike in american major league sports history 232 days ends as mlb owners accept players offer to return to work without a contract mlb is the first major pro sports league to lose an entire postseason due to a labor dispute did you know electric theatre the first full time movie theater in the united states opens in los angeles california april 2 1902 famous birthdays charlemagne 742 ad 814 cornelis de houtman 1565 1599 giacomo casanova 1725 1798 frédéric auguste bartholdi 1834 1904 walter chrysler 1875 1940 rodney king 1965 2012 famous birthdays today celebrity birthdays marvin gaye 1939 1984 linda hunt 81st birthday emmylou harris 79th birthday christopher meloni 65th birthday ajay devgan 57th birthday pedro pascal 51st birthday celebrity birthdays today fun fact about today first official panda crossing opens outside waterloo station in london april 2 1962 fun facts of the day famous weddings 1836 english novelist and social critic charles dickens 24 marries catherine thomson hogarth 20 1925 german lawyer and future nazi war criminal hans frank 24 weds german secretary brigitte herbst 29 in munich germany until his execution in 1946 1939 author jacqueline susann 20 weds irving mansfield at har zion temple in philadelphia famous divorces 1919 american world heavyweight boxing champion jack dempsey 23 divorces maxine gates after 2 years of marriage 1984 canadian prime minister pierre trudeau 64 divorces margaret sinclair 35 due to irreconcilable differences after 13 years of marriage 2010 wayne s world actress tia carrere 43 divorces british photojournalist simon wakelin due to irreconcilable differences after 7 years of marriage weddings divorces today famous deaths in history comte de mirabeau 1749 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