Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/April 2
April 2: Malvinas Day in Argentina.
- 1792 – By the Coinage Act, the United States Mint was founded and the U.S. currency was decimalized.
- 1801 – War of the Second Coalition: British forces led by Vice Admiral Horatio Nelson (pictured) defeated the Dano-Norwegian fleet at the Battle of Copenhagen off the coast of Copenhagen.
- 1956 – As the World Turns premiered on U.S. television as the first half-hour serial drama.
- 1982 – Argentine special forces invaded the Falkland Islands, sparking the Falklands War.
- 1984 – Aboard Soyuz T-11, Rakesh Sharma became the first Indian to be launched into space.
- 2002 – Operation Defensive Shield: Approximately 200 Palestinians fled advancing Israeli forces into the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem, starting a month-long standoff.