Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/April 2
April 2: Malvinas Day in Argentina (2006), Daylight Saving Time begins in most of North America and ends in Australia.
- 1792 - By the Coinage Act, the U.S. Mint was founded and the U.S. currency was decimalised.
- 1801 - British forces led by Horatio Nelson defeated the Dano-Norwegian fleet in the Battle of Copenhagen.
- 1956 - As the World Turns premiered on U.S. television as the first half-hour serial drama.
- 1982 - Falklands War: Argentine special forces began the invasion of the Falkland Islands.
- 1992 - John Gotti (pictured), the crime boss of the Gambino crime family, was convicted of racketeering, murder, conspiracy to commit murder, loansharking, obstruction of justice, illegal gambling and tax evasion.