What Happened on April 2 - Tiny Fox Lab

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Today is Wednesday, April 2, 2025. It's the 92 day of the year, and we're on week 14. What Happened on April 2 in History? Keep reading to find out!

2024

Taylor Swift became the world's first musician to become a billionaire solely from songs and concerts.

2022

The International Criminal Court opened its first office in Venezuela following allegations of torture and killings by the country's security forces.

2020

COVID-19 claimed the life of comedian Eddie Large from 'Little and Large.'

1992

Mafia boss John Gotti was convicted of thirteen murders and racketeering.

1989

New York Times Newspaper officially declared that the Cold War was over.

1982

The Falklands War broke out between Argentina and Britain over the Falkland Islands and lasted ten weeks.

1979

Sixty-six people died in Sverdlovsk, USSR, when a bio-warfare lab accidentally released airborne anthrax.

1968

The '2001: A Space Odyssey' sci-fi movie premiered in Washington, DC.

1964

The Soviet Union's Zond 1 space probe was launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome.

1963

Martin Luther King started his first of many non-violent demonstrations in Birmingham, Alabama, US.

1921

Albert Einstein visited New York City and lectured on his Theory of Relativity for the first time.

1800

Beethoven performed his first concert 'for his benefit' at Austria's Royal Imperial Court Theatre.

1792

The Coinage Act was enacted in the US.

1513

Explorer Juan Ponce de León found Florida and claimed it for Spain.

1453

The armies of Sultan Mehmed II arrived at Constantinople's outer walls and prepared to lay siege to the city.