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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_2" title="April 2">April 2</a></b>: <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Autism_Awareness_Day" title="World Autism Awareness Day">World Autism Awareness Day</a></b>; <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calendar_of_saints" title="Calendar of saints">feast day</a> of <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_of_Paola" title="Francis of Paola">Saint Francis of Paola</a></b> (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholic_Church" title="Catholic Church">Catholicism</a>); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malvinas_Day" title="Malvinas Day">Malvinas Day</a></b> in Argentina (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1982" title="1982">1982</a>)
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1863" title="1863">1863</a> – About 5,000 people in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richmond,_Virginia" title="Richmond, Virginia">Richmond, Virginia</a>, mostly poor women, <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_bread_riots" title="Southern bread riots">rioted in protest of the high price of bread</a></b> <i>(depicted)</i>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1979" title="1979">1979</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spore" title="Spore">Spores</a> of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthrax" title="Anthrax">anthrax</a> were <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sverdlovsk_anthrax_leak" title="Sverdlovsk anthrax leak">accidentally released</a></b> from a military research facility near the city of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yekaterinburg" title="Yekaterinburg">Sverdlovsk</a>, causing at least 68 deaths.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1982" title="1982">1982</a> – Argentine special forces <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1982_invasion_of_the_Falkland_Islands" title="1982 invasion of the Falkland Islands">invaded the Falkland Islands</a></b>, sparking the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falklands_War" title="Falklands War">Falklands War</a> against the United Kingdom.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1992" title="1992">1992</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bosnian_War" title="Bosnian War">Bosnian War</a>: At least 48 civilians <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bijeljina_massacre" title="Bijeljina massacre">were massacred</a></b> in the town of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bijeljina" title="Bijeljina">Bijeljina</a> in Bosnia and Herzegovina.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012" title="2012">2012</a> – A gunman <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_Oikos_University_shooting" title="2012 Oikos University shooting">shot at</a></b> people inside <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oikos_University" title="Oikos University">Oikos University</a>, a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christianity_in_Korea" title="Christianity in Korea">Korean Christian</a> college in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oakland,_California" title="Oakland, California">Oakland, California</a>, leaving seven people dead and three injured.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_George_of_Denmark" title="Prince George of Denmark">Prince George of Denmark</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1653); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelmine_Reichard" title="Wilhelmine Reichard">Wilhelmine Reichard</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1788); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_James_Montgomery,_1st_Baronet" title="Sir James Montgomery, 1st Baronet">Sir James Montgomery, 1st Baronet</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1803); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Catlett" title="Elizabeth Catlett">Elizabeth Catlett</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 2012)</p>
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