April 2
People born on this day are Aries.
- 2002
Israeli forces surround the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem, into which armed Palestinians had retreated.
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Islamist terrorists involved in the 11 March 2004 Madrid attacks attempt to bomb the Spanish high-speed train AVE near Madrid; the attack is thwarted.
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Over 60 tornadoes break out in the United States; Tennessee is hardest hit with 29 people killed.
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India wins the Cricket World Cup for the second time in history under the captaincy of MS Dhoni.
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UTair Flight 120 crashes after takeoff from Roshchino International Airport in Tyumen, Russia, killing 33 and injuring 10.
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A spree shooting occurs at the Fort Hood army base in Texas, with four dead, including the gunman, and 16 others injured.
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Four men steal items worth up to £200 million from an underground safe deposit facility in London's Hatton Garden area in what has been called the "largest burglary in English legal history."
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COVID-19 pandemic: The total number of confirmed cases reach one million.
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At least 49 people are killed in a train derailment in Taiwan after a truck accidentally rolls onto the track.
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A Capitol Police officer is killed and another injured when an attacker rams his car into a barricade outside the United States Capitol.
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Viertola school shooting: A 12-year-old pupil is killed and two others injured by a shooter of the same age in Vantaa, Finland.
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Liberation Day tariffs: U.S. President Donald Trump announces sweeping worldwide tariffs.
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2007Brenda Fruhvirtová, Czech tennis player
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2004Diana Shnaider, Russian tennis player
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2002Emma Myers, American actress
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2000Rodrigo Riquelme, Spanish footballer
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2000Josip Stanišić, Croatian footballer
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1997Dillon Bassett, American race car driver
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1997Abdelhak Nouri, Dutch footballer
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1997Austin Riley, American baseball player
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1996Zach Bryan, American singer-songwriter
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1996André Onana, Cameroonian footballer
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1995Zack Steffen, American soccer player
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1994Pascal Siakam, Cameroonian basketball player
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