On April 2nd in history: In 742 Charlemagne, Frankish king and later Holy Roman emperor, was born. In 1453 Otoman Sultan Mehmet II started the siege of Constantinople. In 1725 Giacomo Casanova, Venetian writer, diplomat and inventor of the lottery, was born. In 1792 the US Mint was founded by Alexander Hamilton and the US dollar was introduced as sole legal currency in the United States. In 1805 Hans Christian Andersen, Danish author, was born. In 1827 William Holman Hunt, English Pre-Raphaelite painter, was born. In 1840 Émile Zola, French author, was born. In 1863 hundreds of women rioted in Richmond, Virginia, demanding that Confederate government release emergency supplies (“Richmond Bread Riot”). In 1871 the French Army began the siege and bombardment of Paris. In 1871 the Paris Commune declared the separation of church and state. In 1872 Samuel Morse, inventor of Morse code, died. In 1891 Max Ernst, German surrealist artist, was born. In 1902 Dmitry Sipyagin, Russian Minister of the Interior, was assassinated in St. Petersburg, In 1912 the RMS Titanic began its sea trials. In 1917 Woodrow Wilson asked US Congress to declare war on Germany. In 1917 Jeanette Ranking, the first woman elected to the House of Representatives, took her seat – she was the only representative to vote against the war resolution. In 1920 the German Reichswehr marched into the Ruhr district to suppress the Red Army of the Ruhr. In 1923 the US Supreme Court declared a law establishing a minimum wage for women unconstitutional. In 1930 Haile Selassie was declared Emperor of Ethiopia. In 1939 Marvin Gaye, African American singer-songwriter, was born. In 1945 Brazil and the USSR established diplomatic relations. In 1965 Rodney King, African American victim of police brutality, was born. In 1966 100,000 people demonstrated in Saigon against the US and South Vietnamese governments. In 1970 Massachusetts legislature passed a law exempting citizens from having to fight in an undeclared war. In 1982 Argentina invaded the Falkland Islands/Malvinas.
Posted on: Wed, 02 Apr 2014 20:38:22 +0000
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