This Day In History
April 02
Ponce de Leon discovers Florida Ebenezer Learned is promoted to brigadier general Hans Christian Andersen is born Richmond riots over food shortages Union forces capture Petersburg line Walter Chrysler born First woman judge dies in Wyoming Jeannette Rankin assumes office Wilson asks for declaration of war Woodrow Wilson asks U.S. Congress for declaration of war "The Desert Fox" recaptures Libya North Vietnamese troops capture part of Quang Tri Charlie Chaplin prepares for return to United States after two decades The Sting sweeps the Oscars and ragtime composer Scott Joplin gets his due South Vietnamese evacuation begins at Qui Nhon. Red Rum wins record third Grand National Anthrax poisoning kills 62 in Russia Argentina invades Falklands Gorbachev begins visit to Cuba Mob boss John Gotti convicted of murder Pope John Paul II Dies
Ponce de Leon discovers Florida Ebenezer Learned is promoted to brigadier general Hans Christian Andersen is born Richmond riots over food shortages Union forces capture Petersburg line Walter Chrysler born First woman judge dies in Wyoming Jeannette Rankin assumes office Wilson asks for declaration of war Woodrow Wilson asks U.S. Congress for declaration of war "The Desert Fox" recaptures Libya North Vietnamese troops capture part of Quang Tri Charlie Chaplin prepares for return to United States after two decades The Sting sweeps the Oscars and ragtime composer Scott Joplin gets his due South Vietnamese evacuation begins at Qui Nhon. Red Rum wins record third Grand National Anthrax poisoning kills 62 in Russia Argentina invades Falklands Gorbachev begins visit to Cuba Mob boss John Gotti convicted of murder Pope John Paul II Dies
