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Today: April 2nd, 2023.

Today's date falls on a Sunday. It is day 92 of 2023. The decade is the 2020s.

The zodiac star sign for this date is Aries.

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Information

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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Events

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.
Zodiac info

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.
Celebrity birthdays

Celebrity birthdays.

Celebrities, historical figures, and other notable people who were born on April 2nd.

Hans Christian Andersen

Author. Deceased
Born on April 2nd, 1805
He was born exactly 218 years ago today.

Marvin Gaye

RnB Singer. Deceased
Born on April 2nd, 1939
He would have turned 84 years old today.

Linford Christie

Athlete.
Born on April 2nd, 1960
He is 63 years old today.

Rodney King

Historical figure. Deceased
Born on April 2nd, 1965
He would have turned 58 years old today.

Pedro Pascal

Actor.
Born on April 2nd, 1975
He is 48 years old today.

Sammi Kane Kraft

Baseball player & actress. Deceased
Born on April 2nd, 1992
She would have turned 31 years old today.

Emma Myers

Actress.
Born on April 2nd, 2002
She is 21 years old today.

Conception

Conception dates.

Conception estimates for this date.

  • 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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