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Notable anniversaries in history for today: April 2
- 100th: 1924 - Birth of Denis Rooke; CEO (British Gas).
- 90th: 1934 - Birth of Brian Glover; actor (McGuffin).
- 90th: 1934 - Birth of Christopher France; British permanent secretary (Department of Health).
- 90th: 1934 - Birth of Diane Cilento in Rabaul; actress (Hombre, Tom Jones, Wicker Man).
- 90th: 1934 - Birth of Peter Middleton; British permanent secretary (Treasury).
- 80th: 1944 - CPI-leader Palmiro Togliatti returns to Italy.
- 80th: 1944 - Soviet Army marches into pro-German Romania.
- 70th: 1954 - Birth of Ron Palillo in Cheshire, Connecticut, USA; actor (Arnold Horshack - Welcome Back Kotter).
- 70th: 1954 - Disney and ABC hold a joint press conference, announcing their agreement for the Disney TV show (Disneyland).
- 60th: 1964 - Birth of Jana Marie Hupp in Spokane, Washington, USA; actress (Ed, Brooklyn South).
- 60th: 1964 - Birth of Pete Incaviglia in Pebble Beach, California, USA; outfielder (Philadelphia Phillies).
- 60th: 1964 - Josef Klaus succeeds Alfons Gorbach as chancellor of Austria.
- 60th: 1964 - Military coup in Brazil by General Castello Branco, President Goulart ousted.
- 60th: 1964 - USSR launches Zond 1 to Venus; no data returned.
- 50th: 1974 - 46th Academy Awards - The Sting, Glenda Jackson and Jack Lemmon win.
- 50th: 1974 - Arganat Committee publishes report concerning Yom Kippur War.
- 50th: 1974 - Douglass Dumbrille, actor (Mr Deed Goes to Town), dies at age 84.
- 50th: 1974 - Georges Pompidou, French President, dies in Paris at age 62. Alain Poher is made Provisional President of France.
- 50th: 1974 - Tony Greig takes 8-86 versus West Indies Port-of-Spain (later 5-70 in second inning).
- 40th: 1984 - 46th NCAA Mens Basketball Championship: Georgetown beats Houston 84-75.
- 40th: 1984 - Soyuz T-11 carries three cosmonauts (one Indian-Rakesh Sharma) to Salyut 7.
- 30th: 1994 - First exhibition game played at Jacobs Field, Pittsburgh Pirates beat Cleveland Indians, 6-4.
- 30th: 1994 - Richard Davies, actor (Private Buckaroo), dies of heart attack at age 79.
- 30th: 1994 - Death of Betty Furness at age 78 of stomach cancer; American actress, author, news consumer reporter (WNBC), TV spokesperson (Westinghouse) (born 1916).
- 20th: 2004 - Microsoft and Sun Microsystems settle long-standing hostilities in signing a ten-year technology sharing agreement. Microsoft pays Sun close to $2 billion to settle past issues and for royalty payments.
- 15th: 2009 - In his closing news conference of the G20 summit in London, England, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown announces the member nations will inject US$1 trillion into the world economy in an effort to curb the global financial crisis.
- 15th: 2009 - The U.S. House of Representatives passes a federal budget for fiscal 2010 starting October 1, voting 233-196 to pass the US$3.45 trillion budget.
- 15th: 2009 - Cunard opens worldwide sales of the October 2010 Maiden Voyage for new ocean liner Queen Elizabeth, and sells out in a record 29 minutes.
- 5th: 2019 - Abdelaziz Bouteflika resigns as President of Algeria amid widespread protests, after nearly two decades in office.
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