Daily Calendar for April 2nd, 2020

The Old Farmer's Almanac daily calendar gives you quick reference for the significant events on any day throughout the year.

Every Year

• Pascua Florida Day (Florida)

1510s

• 1513: Juan Ponce de Leon discovered Florida and claimed it for the King of Spain

1790s

• 1792: U.S. Mint established

1800s

• Born 1805: Hans Christian Andersen (author)

1810s

• Born 1814: Erastus Brigham Bigelow (industrialist, inventor, a founder of Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

• 1819: American Farmer journal founded

1860s

• 1863: Bread riot occurred in Richmond, Virginia

• 1868: 7.9 earthquake triggered tsunami, Hawaii

1870s

• Died 1872: Samuel Morse (inventor)

1880s

• 1889: Charles Martin Hall patented an inexpensive way to make aluminum

1900s

• Born 1908: Buddy Ebsen (actor)

1910s

• Born 1911: Charles "Honi" Coles (tap dancer)

• Born 1914: Sir Alec Guinness (actor)

1940s

• Born 1947: Emmylou Harris (country music singer)

1950s

• 1956: As the World Turns debuted on television

1960s

• Born 1961: Christopher Meloni (actor)

• Born 1962: Clark Gregg (actor)

• Died 1966: C. S. Forester (author)

1970s

• 1978: Dallas made its television debut

2000s

• Died 2005: Pope John Paul II

2010s

• Died 2013: Jane Henson (co-creator of The Muppets)