I enjoy learning new facts, don’t you? From The History Place I learned these 7 curious facts about April 2, I hope you enjoy learning about them, too.
April 2, 1513 - Spanish explorer Juan Ponce De Leon claimed the future state of Florida for the Spanish Crown. His landing site became the present day city of St. Augustine, now the oldest continuously occupied European-established city in the continental U.S.
April 2, 1792 - Congress established the first U.S. Mint at Philadelphia.
April 2, 1863 - A bread riot occurred in the Confederate capital of Richmond, Virginia, as angry people demanded bread from a bakery wagon that then spilled over into wrecking nearby shops. Confederate President Jefferson Davis made a personal plea and had to threaten the mob with force before they dispersed.
April 2, 1865 - General Robert E. Lee informed Confederate President Jefferson Davis that he must evacuate the Confederate capital at Richmond, Virginia. Davis and his Cabinet members then fled by train.
April 2, 1982 - The Falkland Islands War began when troops from Argentina invaded and occupied the British colony located near the tip of South America. The British retaliated and defeated the Argentineans on June 15, 1982, after ten weeks of combat, with about 1,000 lives lost.
Here are two "birthday bonuses" for April 2nd.
Birthday - Fairy tale author Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875) was born in Odense, Denmark. He created 168 fairy tales for children including the classics The Ugly Duckling, The Princess and the Pea, The Snow Queen and The Nightingale.
Birthday - French writer Emile Zola (1840-1902) was born in Paris. His works included a series of 20 books known as the Rougon-Macquart Novels in which he defined men and women as products of heredity and environment, portraying them as victims of their own passions and circumstances of birth.
All of these facts were located at The History Place.
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