LOT Polish Airlines Flight 165 crashes into the Polica mountain near Zawoja, Poland, killing 53. Date: April 2, 1969 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on April 2 π Events on this day in 1969 π On This Day (Today)
Vietnam War: Thousands of civilian refugees flee from QuαΊ£ng NgΓ£i Province in front of advancing North Vietnamese troops. Date: April 2, 1975 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on April 2 π Events on this day in 1975 π On This Day (Today)
Prince Norodom Sihanouk resigns as leader of Cambodia and is placed under house arrest. Date: April 2, 1976 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on April 2 π Events on this day in 1976 π On This Day (Today)
A Soviet bio-warfare laboratory at Sverdlovsk accidentally releases airborne anthrax spores, killing 66 plus an unknown amount of livestock. Date: April 2, 1979 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on April 2 π Events on this day in 1979 π On This Day (Today)
United States President Jimmy Carter signs the Crude Oil Windfall Profits Tax Act. Date: April 2, 1980 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on April 2 π Events on this day in 1980 π On This Day (Today)
Falklands War: Argentina invades the Falkland Islands. Date: April 2, 1982 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on April 2 π Events on this day in 1982 π On This Day (Today)
Alabama governor George Wallace, a former segregationist, best known for the "Stand in the Schoolhouse Door", announces that he will not seek a fifth four-year term and will retire from public life upon the end of his term in January 1987. Date: April 2, 1986 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on April…
Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev arrives in Havana, Cuba, to meet with Fidel Castro in an attempt to mend strained relations. Date: April 2, 1989 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on April 2 π Events on this day in 1989 π On This Day (Today)
Rita Johnston becomes the first female Premier of a Canadian province when she succeeds William Vander Zalm (who had resigned) as Premier of British Columbia. Date: April 2, 1991 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on April 2 π Events on this day in 1991 π On This Day (Today)
Forty-two civilians are massacred in the town of Bijeljina in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Date: April 2, 1992 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on April 2 π Events on this day in 1992 π On This Day (Today)