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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>); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education_and_Sharing_Day" title="Education and Sharing Day">Education and Sharing Day</a></b> in the United States (2023)
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1513" title="1513">1513</a> – Spanish <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conquistador" title="Conquistador">conquistador</a> <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_Ponce_de_Le%C3%B3n" title="Juan Ponce de León">Juan Ponce de León</a></b> sighted land in North America, naming the area <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_Florida" title="Spanish Florida">La Florida</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1911" title="1911">1911</a> – The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_Bureau_of_Statistics" title="Australian Bureau of Statistics">Australian Bureau of Statistics</a> <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1911_Australian_census" title="1911 Australian census">conducted the first</a></b> national <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Census_in_Australia" title="Census in Australia">census of the country</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1968" title="1968">1968</a> –, premiered at the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uptown_Theater_(Washington,_D.C.)" title="Uptown Theater (Washington, D.C.)">Uptown Theater</a> in Washington, D.C.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006" title="2006">2006</a><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tornado_outbreak_of_April_2,_2006" title="Tornado outbreak of April 2, 2006">More than 60 tornadoes</a></b> touched down in the central United States, killing 27 people and causing about $1.1 billion in damage.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015" title="2015">2015</a><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garissa_University_College_attack" title="Garissa University College attack">Gunmen attacked</a></b> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garissa_University_College" title="Garissa University College">Garissa University College</a> in Kenya, killing 148 people and wounding 79 others.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Sibylla_Merian" title="Maria Sibylla Merian">Maria Sibylla Merian</a></b>  (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1647); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Pike" title="Albert Pike">Albert Pike</a></b>  (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1891); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sue_Townsend" title="Sue Townsend">Sue Townsend</a></b>  (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1946)</p>