April 2

Today in History
• 1513 - Florida discovered, claimed for Spain by Ponce de Leon
• 1550 - Jews are expelled from Genoa Italy
• 1595 - Cornelis de Houtman's ships depart to Asia through Cape of Good Hope
• 1792 - Congress establishes Philadelphia mint
• 1872 - G.B. Brayton received a patent for the gas-powered streetcar
• 1889 - Charles Hall patented aluminum
• 1935 - Sir Watson-Watt was granted a patent for RADAR
• 1917 - US President Woodrow Wilson asks Congress to declare war against Germany


Holidays - Traditional and Obscure
• Day of the Veterans
• Geologists Day
• National DIY Day
• National Peanut Butter and Jelly Day
• National Reconciliation Day
• Nature Day
• Palm Sunday
• Semana Santa

Birthdays
• 0742 - Charlemagne, 1st Holy Roman emperor
• 1618 - Francesco M. Grimaldi, mathematician and physicist, light defraction
• 1740 - Armand-Gaston Camus, French CEO, Council of 500
• 1781 - Bhagwan Swaminarayan, Indian yogi and religious leader
• 1805 - Hans Christian Andersen, Denmark, author of 150 fairy tales
• 1814 - Erastus Brigham Bigelow, American inventor of weaving machine
• 1834 - Frederic-Auguste Bertholdi, born in France, sculptor, Statue of Liberty
• 1875 - Walter Chrysler, founded car company, Chrysler