📜 This Day in History
April 2
1513Spanish conquistador Juan Ponce de León sighted land in North America, naming the area La Florida.- 1871Creatures of Impulse, by W. S. Gilbert, premiered at the Court Theatre in London.
- 19682001: A Space Odyssey, the epic science fiction film produced and directed by Stanley Kubrick, premiered at the Uptown Theater in Washington, D.C.
- 1992Bosnian War: At least 48 civilians were massacred in the town of Bijeljina in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
- 2002Second Intifada: Palestinian militants sought refuge from advancing Israeli forces in the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem, beginning a month-long siege.
- 2015Gunmen attacked Garissa University College in Kenya, killing 148 people and wounding 79 others.
