Talk:April 2

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April 2: World Autism Awareness Day; feast day of Saint Francis of Paola (Catholicism); Malvinas Day in Argentina (1982) Southern bread riots 1863 – About 5,000 people in Richmond, Virginia, mostly poor women, rioted in protest of the high price of bread (depicted). 1979 – Spores of anthrax were accidentally released from a military research facility near the city of Sverdlovsk, causing at least 68 deaths. 1982 – Argentine special forces invaded the Falkland Islands, sparking the Falklands War against the United Kingdom. 1992 – Bosnian War: At least 48 civilians were massacred in the town of Bijeljina in Bosnia and Herzegovina. 2012 – A gunman shot at people inside Oikos University, a Korean Christian college in Oakland, California, leaving seven people dead and three injured. Prince George of Denmark (b. 1653) Wilhelmine Reichard (b. 1788) Sir James Montgomery, 1st Baronet (d. 1803) Elizabeth Catlett (d. 2012) More anniversaries: April 1 April 2 April 3

Pope John Paul II

Since the death of our Holy Father, John Paul II, was a large scale EVENT, I believe that his death deserves to be placed under the events. Please respect our Holy Father. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Smarticle07 (talk • contribs)

The death was not the result of an assassination. It was not unexpected. It did not change the world. It is a death and not an event. -- Mufka ^{(u) (t) (c)} 22:26, 9 April 2008 (UTC)

Let us please have a two way conversation on this topic before adding the item back. -- Mufka ^{(u) (t) (c)} 22:30, 9 April 2008 (UTC)

I would have to agree with Mufka here - there's no reason to duplicate this one death in two sections. If we do that for one death, who is to decide which others should also be included? I don't disagree or dispute that the death of John Paul II was a major event, but, as Mufka points out, there was nothing particularly notable about it, other than the prominence of the person who died. That's enough to qualify it for listing in the "Deaths" section, for sure, but not reason enough to duplicate it in "Events". —Krellis (Talk) 22:50, 9 April 2008 (UTC)

John Paul II was probably the greatest Pontiff of the 20th century. His death was very important! it marked a turning point for the church. when i looked at the april 2 page i was appalled and called my uncle (priest). he was very upset too. its not hurting you so just leave it. please? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.120.24.155 (talk) 00:46, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

If you would like to discuss it, it would be wise to begin and engage in discussion before simply adding the item back in because without discussion it will very likely be removed. -- Mufka ^{(u) (t) (c)} 00:51, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

so are we gonna leave it on there? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.120.10.118 (talk • contribs)

No. Krellis summed it up pretty well. -- Mufka ^{(u) (t) (c)} 15:30, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

The Holy Father's death was a major world EVENT. there are over 1.1 billion catholics in the world and i'm sure everyone of us saw it as a major world EVENT. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.120.47.151 (talk) 23:30, 12 April 2008 (UTC)

It was a major, but standard, expected event. He lived significantly longer than expected, and died of natural causes. Popes usually remain in office until they die. Whilst it was a major event in much of the world, it wasn't a major event in all of the world. It would have hardly been mentioned in Iran or North Korea. If his death is included in Events, then where would the line be drawn? Previous popes and leaders of other religions would have to be included on relevant Day articles. Then, deaths of important people from other fields, such as US Presidents Ford and Reagan would be argued for inclusion in the Events section, as would actors such as Patrick Swayze as he had an international audience of many millions. Jim Michael (talk) 22:19, 2 April 2010 (UTC)

Ponce de Leon

I'm no historian, so I'm not going to change this since I don't know the facts, but there should be some sort of consistency here. This list of events states that "Juan Ponce de Leon sets foot on, and names, Florida" on this date in 1513. However, the article on Ponce de Leon says that his "fleet crossed open water until April 2, 1513, when they sighted land" and on "the following day they came ashore to seek information". This means he actually set foot on Florida on April 3rd, not April 2nd. Please either fix this list of events, or fix the article on Ponce de Leon... They can't both be correct. BucsWeb (talk) 14:17, 3 April 2011 (UTC)

Rakesh Sharma

According to the article on Rakesh Sharma as well as the article on Soyuz T-11, the launch date of the space mission was given as 03-Apr-1984.

If yes then the 1984 entry on this page should be moved to the 03 April article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.188.188.134 (talk) 22:57, 4 April 2012 (UTC)

International Children's Book Day

seems to be sponsored by a private industry organization. should it be here? --Richardson mcphillips (talk) 13:44, 2 April 2019 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 3 April 2019

1991 - 4 anticommunist protesters shot and killed by police during the communist regime in Shkoder, Albania 217.110.47.170 (talk) 14:55, 3 April 2019 (UTC)

To what article would this be linked to? Here are some sources for it: [1] [2], just wondering if we have an article about these protests. – Þjarkur (talk) 15:27, 3 April 2019 (UTC)

 Not done for now: no target article identified. Please re-open this request (by changing "|answered=yes" to "|answered=no") if an appropriate article is found. NiciVampireHeart 19:07, 8 April 2019 (UTC)

Adding b. Charlemagne

it seems to me that his birth should be part of the On this Day box. He is probably the most notable person born on the day. Muflih al-Turki is from the same era, but was less important in history, being only an officer and not an emperor. Thoughts? RedOak350 (talk) 18:52, 7 May 2020 (UTC)