EST. DECEMBER 1994 β’ 30+ YEARS ONLINE
yow.com π―
Owned continuously since 1994
TODAY IN HISTORY
April 2
Thursday, April 2, 2026
Day 91 of 2026 | Week 14 | 268 days until Christmas π
HISTORIC EVENTS
Liberation Day tariffs: U.S. President Donald Trump announces sweeping worldwide tariffs.
Viertola school shooting: A 12-year-old pupil is killed and two others injured by a shooter of the same age in Vantaa, Finland.
At least 49 people are killed in a train derailment in Taiwan after a truck accidentally rolls onto the track.
A Capitol Police officer is killed and another injured when an attacker rams his car into a barricade outside the United States Capitol.
COVID-19 pandemic: The total number of confirmed cases reach one million.
Gunmen attack Garissa University College in Kenya, killing at least 148 people and wounding 79 others.
Four men steal items worth up to Β£200Β million from an underground safe deposit facility in London's Hatton Garden area in what has been called the "largest burglary in English legal history."
A spree shooting occurs at the Fort Hood army base in Texas, with four dead, including the gunman, and 16 others injured.
A mass shooting at Oikos University in California leaves seven people dead and three injured.
UTair Flight 120 crashes after takeoff from Roshchino International Airport in Tyumen, Russia, killing 33 and injuring 10.
FAMOUS BIRTHDAYS
American NFL linebacker (Super Bowl 1988
born in Usman
English cricket all-rounder (3 Tests
English television director and producer (Most Haunted)
British motor racing engineer
American country singer ("Young Man"; "Fire in the Dark")
American actor and director (Agent Phil Coulson)
American children's author (Scrawl)
French director and writer (Pas vu pas pris [βnot seen
English rock vocalist (Bananarama - "Venus")
British athlete (Olympic gold men's 100m 1992)
American swimmer who won Olympic gold 400m WR 3:51.93
American country music bassist (Pirates of Mississippi - "Feed Jake")
Moroccan soccer goalkeeper (76 caps; Mallorca) and manager (Morocco)
Italian athlete (Olympic gold marathon 1988)
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