Today: April 2nd, 2023.

Facts.

Basic facts and information about this date:

• Week Number: We are currently in Week 13 of 2023.
• Leap Year: 2023 is NOT a leap year.
• Unix Timestamp: The Unix Timestamp for this date is 1680390000.

On this day: 2nd of April.

Events that have occurred on the 2nd of April.

• April 2nd, 1956: The first episode of the American soap opera "As the World Turns" is aired on CBS.
• April 2nd, 1956: The first episode of the mystery crime drama series "The Edge of Night" is broadcast on CBS.
• April 2nd, 1973: Alphabet murders: 11-year-old Wanda Walkowicz goes missing in Rochester, New York.
• April 2nd, 1974: French president Georges Pompidou dies of cancer.
• April 2nd, 1978: The soap opera Dallas makes its debut on CBS.
• April 2nd, 1982: Businessman Ken Bates purchases Chelsea for £1.
• April 2nd, 1982: The Falklands War begins.
• April 2nd, 1984: Soccer: Keith Burkinshaw announces that he will be resigning as manager of Tottenham Hotspur.
• April 2nd, 1986: Alabama Governor and former segregationist George Wallace announces that he will be retiring.
• April 2nd, 1986: 4 people, including a baby, are killed after a bomb explodes on TWA Flight 840 over Greece.
• April 2nd, 1989: WrestleMania V: Hulk Hogan defeats "Macho Man" Randy Savage at the Historic Atlantic City Convention Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
• April 2nd, 1992: Bosnian War: At least 48 civilians are murdered by Serb paramilitary groups in Bijeljina.
• April 2nd, 1992: Mobster John Gotti is sentenced to life in prison for five murders, racketeering and conspiracy to commit murder.
• April 2nd, 1995: WrestleMania XI: Lawrence Taylor defeats Bam Bam Bigelow at the Hartford Civic Center in Hartford, Connecticut.
• April 2nd, 2000: WrestleMania 2000: Triple H retains his title after winning in a four-way elimination match against The Rock, The Big Show and Mick Foley.
• April 2nd, 2001: American actress Jennifer Syme dies in a car accident at the age of 28.
• April 2nd, 2002: Ireland: Bishop Brendan Comiskey resigns amid criticism of his handling of sexual abuse cases in Ferns.
• April 2nd, 2004: Hellboy (2004) is released.
• April 2nd, 2005: Newcastle teammates Lee Bowyer and Kieron Dyer are both sent off for fighting with each other.
• April 2nd, 2005: Pope John Paul II passes away.
• April 2nd, 2006: WrestleMania 22: John Cena defeats Triple H at the Allstate Arena in Rosemont, Illinois.
• April 2nd, 2008: Irish politics: Bertie Ahern announces his intention to resign.
• April 2nd, 2009: The TV show "ER" comes to an end after nearly fifteen years.
• April 2nd, 2010: Clash of the Titans (2010) is released in cinemas.
• April 2nd, 2010: Wrestler Chris Kanyon commits suicide.
• April 2nd, 2015: A mass shooting at the Garissa University College in Kenya results in 148 deaths.
• April 2nd, 2017: WrestleMania 33: Roman Reigns defeats The Undertaker in a "No Holds Barred" match.
• April 2nd, 2017: The Hardy Boyz make a surprise return to the WWE.
• April 2nd, 2018: Channing Tatum and Jenna Dewan announce that they are separating.
• April 2nd, 2019: Social networking website Google+ is shut down.
• April 2nd, 2021: Rapper DMX suffers an overdose at his home in New York.
• April 2nd, 2022: "Stone Cold" Steve Austin defeats Kevin Owens on the first night of WrestleMania 38.

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Around this time.

Notable events that happened close to April 2nd, 2023.

• March 3rd, 2023: The boxing movie "Creed III" is released.
• March 3rd, 2023: South Carolina: Alex Murdaugh is found guilty of murdering his wife and son.
• March 3rd, 2023: It is reported that US President Joe Biden had a cancerous lesion removed from his chest.
• March 3rd, 2023: Four American citizens are kidnapped by cartel members in Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico.
• March 4th, 2023: Jon Jones defeats Ciryl Gane at UFC 285.
• March 5th, 2023: Soccer: Liverpool thrash Manchester United 7-0.
• March 5th, 2023: Lynyrd Skynyrd cofounder Gary Rossington dies at the age of 71.
• March 6th, 2023: Twitter suffers a major outage that prevents users from viewing images or clicking on links.
• March 7th, 2023: Elon Musk apologizes for firing a Twitter employee and making remarks about his disability.
• March 7th, 2023: Four kidnapped Americans (two dead, one injured, and one unharmed) are located by security forces in El Tecolote, Mexico.
• March 8th, 2023: Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell is hospitalized following a fall.
• March 9th, 2023: Seven people are shot dead at a Jehovah's Witness center in Hamburg, Germany.
• March 9th, 2023: English astrologer Mystic Meg dies at the age of 80.
• March 10th, 2023: Xi Jinping secures an unprecedented third term as China's president.
• March 10th, 2023: The BBC forces Gary Lineker to take a step back from his role as a "Match of the Day" presenter due to political remarks he made on social media.
• March 10th, 2023: Silicon Valley Bank is shut down by regulators following a bank run on its deposits.
• March 10th, 2023: The film "Scream VI" is released.
• March 10th, 2023: Calvin Harris and Ellie Goulding release the song "Miracle".
• March 12th, 2023: 95th Academy Awards: "Everything Everywhere All at Once" wins Best Picture, Brendan Fraser wins Best Actor, and Michelle Yeoh wins Best Actress.
• March 12th, 2023: US regulators close New York-based Signature Bank due to a "systemic risk".
• March 13th, 2023: Convicted pedophile Gary Glitter is returned to prison for breaching his release licence conditions.
• March 14th, 2023: Australia announces that it is purchasing five US nuclear submarines.
• March 14th, 2023: China decides to reopen its borders to tourists following a three-year halt.
• March 14th, 2023: Meta confirms that it is cutting 10,000 more jobs.
• March 14th, 2023: The US military accuses Russian Su-27 fighters of intercepting an unmanned MQ-9 Reaper over international waters.
• March 15th, 2023: The FBI arrests exiled Chinese billionaire Guo Wengui on suspicion of fraud.
• March 16th, 2023: French President Emmanuel Macron uses special constitutional powers to push his plan of raising the retirement age through the lower house.
• March 17th, 2023: The film "Shazam! Fury of the Gods" is released.
• March 17th, 2023: The video game "WWE 2K23" is released.
• March 17th, 2023: Actor Lance Reddick dies at the age of 60.
• March 17th, 2023: The International Criminal Court issues an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin for alleged war crimes.
• March 18th, 2023: Former US President Donald Trump tells his social media followers that he expects to be arrested on Tuesday.
• March 18th, 2023: Wyoming Governor Mark Gordon signs a law banning abortion pills.
• March 18th, 2023: French pension protests: Uncollected trash in Paris mounts to 10,000 tonnes due to strikes.
• March 18th, 2023: Rugby: Ireland win the Six Nations and their first Grand Slam in Dublin.
• March 19th, 2023: Former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan is charged with terrorism.
• March 19th, 2023: It is announced that UBS will be buying the troubled Credit Suisse bank for over $2 billion.
• March 20th, 2023: Amazon announces that it is laying off a further 9,000 workers.
• March 20th, 2023: Carson Briere, the son of Philadelphia Flyers interim GM Danny Briere, is charged with pushing a disabled woman's wheelchair down the steps of a bar.
• March 20th, 2023: Actress Amanda Bynes is placed on psychiatric hold after roaming around Los Angeles naked.
• March 21st, 2023: Uganda passes a law making it a crime to identify as LGBTQ.
• March 21st, 2023: Gwyneth Paltrow's ski crash trial begins.
• March 22nd, 2023: A judge in Wyoming temporarily blocks the state's new ban on abortion.
• March 22nd, 2023: The SEC charges Jake Paul, Lindsay Lohan, Ne-Yo, Soulja Boy, Lil Yachty, and three other celebrities for participating in an illegal crypto scheme.
• March 22nd, 2023: Six people are killed in Maryland after a vehicle crashes into construction workers along the Baltimore beltway.
• March 23rd, 2023: TikTok CEO Shou Chew testifies before Congress.
• March 23rd, 2023: Ukraine claims that Russia's four-month-long assault in Bakhmut is losing steam and that a counterassault will occur soon.
• March 23rd, 2023: Twitter announces that it is ending its "blue check" verification system.
• March 23rd, 2023: One million people demonstrate against pension reforms in France.
• March 24th, 2023: The action film "John Wick: Chapter 4" is released.
• March 24th, 2023: The remake version of the video game "Resident Evil 4" is released.
• March 24th, 2023: France bans TikTok and Twitter from government phones due to security concerns.
• March 24th, 2023: Reese Witherspoon and Jim Toth announce that they are getting divorced.
• March 24th, 2023: At least 25 people are killed after a tornado and severe storms hit Mississippi.
• March 25th, 2023: Kanye West states that he "likes Jewish people again" after watching Jonah Hill in 21 Jump Street.
• March 25th, 2023: An AI-generated image of the Pope wearing a white puffer jacket goes viral on social media.
• March 26th, 2023: Harry Styles is spotted kissing Emily Ratajkowski.
• March 26th, 2023: NATO says that Russia's plans to deploy tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus are "dangerous and irresponsible".
• March 26th, 2023: Protesters block roads across Israel after Defense Minister Gallant is fired for opposing Netanyahu's judicial overhaul.
• March 27th, 2023: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delays controversial plans to reform Israel's judiciary.
• March 27th, 2023: Six people, including three children, are killed during a mass shooting at the Covenant School in Nashville, Tennessee.
• March 28th, 2023: MI5 raises the terror threat level in Northern Ireland to "severe", suggesting an attack is likely.
• March 28th, 2023: At least 39 people die after a fire breaks out at a migrant detention facility on the US-Mexico border.
• March 28th, 2023: Twitter restricts Marjorie Taylor Greene's account due to tweets she made about trans people and the Nashville shooting.
• March 28th, 2023: English TV star Paul O'Grady dies at the age of 67.
• March 29th, 2023: Pope Francis is hospitalized for a pulmonary infection.
• March 30th, 2023: A grand jury in New York votes to indict former US president Donald Trump over hush money payments that he allegedly made in 2016.
• March 30th, 2023: Actress Gwyneth Paltrow is cleared of all fault during a high-profile skiing lawsuit.
• March 30th, 2023: Turkey's parliament ratifies Finland's NATO membership.
• March 31st, 2023: The adventure film "Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves" is released.
• This date: April 2nd, 2023
• April 7th, 2023: The computer-animated film "The Super Mario Bros. Movie" is released.
• April 14th, 2023: The film "The Pope's Exorcist" is released.
• April 21st, 2023: The horror film "Evil Dead Rise" is released.

Horoscope, birthstone, and birth flower information.

Zodiac and birthstone information.

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• Zodiac Sign (Astrology): Anyone born on April 2nd, 2023, will have the star sign Aries.
• Zodiac Element: Fire.
• Chinese Zodiac Animal: In the Chinese Zodiac, 2023 is the year of the Rabbit (Yin Fire).
• The Life Path Number for this date is 4.
• Native American Zodiac: April 2nd, 2023 falls under the Falcon.
• Birthstone: A person during the month of April will have the birthstone Diamond.
• Birth flower (April): The Daisy and the Sweet Pea.

Conception dates.

Conception estimates for this date.

Warning! These conception dates are based on broad estimates.

• If your baby is due on April 2nd, 2023, then the date of conception was probably around July 10th, 2022.
• A baby that is conceived on April 2nd, 2023, will be due around December 24th, 2023.

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