April 2: World Autism Awareness Day; Easter Saturday (Western Christianity, 2016)
Juan Ponce de León
- 1513 – Spanish conquistador Juan Ponce de León (pictured) reached Florida, becoming the first European known to do so, purportedly while searching for the Fountain of Youth in the New World.
- 1865 – American Civil War: On the third try, Union Army forces captured Petersburg, Virginia, although Confederate government officials and most of the remaining Confederate army were able to escape.
- 1911 – The Australian Bureau of Statistics conducted the country's first national census.
- 1982 – Argentine special forces invaded the Falkland Islands, sparking the Falklands War.
- 2006 – Over 60 tornadoes touched down in the central United States, killing 27 people and causing about US$1.1 billion in damages.
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