1800

Ludwig von Beethoven leads the premiere of his First Symphony

1865

Jefferson Davis and his cabinet flee Richmond, Virginia

1956

As The World Turns and The Edge of Night premiere on CBS

1972

Charlie Chaplin returns to the US

1992

John Gotti is convicted of murder and racketeering

April 2 Births

742-Charlemagne

1840-Emile Zola

1875-Walter Chrysler

1908-Buddy Ebsen

1914-Alec Guiness

1917-Dabs Greer

1920-Jack Webb

1939-Marvin Gaye

1941-Dr. Demento

1945-Linda Hunt

1945-Don Sutton

1947-Emmylou Harris

1961-Christopher Meloni

1965-Rodney King

1976-Rory Sabbatini

1980-Ricky Hendrick

1982-Jeremy Bloom

1988-Jessie Plemons

April 2 Deaths

1787-Thomas Gage

1865-A.P. Hill

1891-Albert Pike

1922-Hermann Rorscharch

1972-Gil Hodges-Native of Princeton, Indiana

2003-Edwin Starr

2005-Pope John Paul II

2010-Chris Kanyon