April 2 Historical Events
The following events took place on April 2. The list is arranged in chronological order.
Found 40 events. Showing 31 - 40.
- 1991Rita Johnston becomes the first female Premier of a Canadian province when she succeeds William Vander Zalm (who had resigned) as Premier of British Columbia.
- 1992In New York, Mafia boss John Gotti is convicted of murder and racketeering and is later sentenced to life in prison.
- 199242 civilians were massacred in the town of Bijeljina
- 1994The National Convention of New Sudan of the SPLA/M opens in Chukudum.
- 2002Israeli forces surround the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem into which armed Palestinians had retreated; a siege ensues.
- 2004Islamist terrorists involved in the 11 March 2004 Madrid attacks attempt to bomb the Spanish high-speed train AVE near Madrid; the attack is thwarted.
- 2006Over 60 tornadoes break out in the United States; Tennessee is hardest hit with 29 people killed.
- 2012A mass shooting at Oikos University at Oakland, California, leaves seven people dead and three injured.
- 2014A spree shooting occurs at the Fort Hood Army Base near the town of Killeen, Texas, with four people dead, including the gunman, and 16 others sustaining injuries.
- 2015Gunmen attack Garissa University College in Kenya, killing at least 148 people and wounding 79 others.
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