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About 80,000 Indian, United Kingdom and Australian soldiers become prisoners of war, the largest surrender of British-led military personnel in history. 1944 – World War II: The assault on Monte Cassino, Italy begins. 1944 – World War II: The Narva Offensive begins. 1945 – World War II: Third day of bombing in Dresden.
1967 – Harold Holt, Australian lawyer and politician, 17th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1908) 1970 – Oliver Waterman Larkin , American historian, author, and educator (b. 1896) 1978 – Don Ellis , American trumpet player, composer, and bandleader (b. 1934)
1868 – Anna B. Eckstein, German peace activist (d. 1947) [17] 1870 – Sophia of Prussia (d. 1932) 1871 – Hermanus Brockmann, Dutch rower (d. 1936) 1871 – Jacob Ellehammer, Danish mechanic and engineer (d. 1946) 1872 – János Szlepecz, Slovene priest and author (d. 1936) 1877 – Jane Bathori, French soprano (d. 1970)
1878 – Jacobo Fitz-James Stuart, Spanish politician and 17th Duke of Alba (d. 1953) 1880 – Jesús Reyes Ferreira , Mexican artist and art collector (d. 1977) 1881 – Maria Dulęba , Polish actress (d. 1959)
[17] 2005 – Vanity Fair reveals that Mark Felt was " Deep Throat ". 2008 – Usain Bolt breaks the world record in the 100m sprint, with a wind-legal (+1.7 m/s) 9.72 seconds
180 – Twelve inhabitants of Scillium (near Kasserine, modern-day Tunisia) in North Africa are executed for being Christians.This is the earliest record of Christianity in that part of the world.
April 2 is the 92nd day of the year ... 2011 – India wins the Cricket World Cup for the second time in history under the captaincy of MS Dhoni. ... [17] 2021 – At ...
887 – Emperor Charles the Fat is deposed by the Frankish magnates in an assembly at Frankfurt, [1] leading his nephew, Arnulf of Carinthia, to declare himself king of the East Frankish Kingdom in late November.