| 37681 | April 2 | Event | 1900 – The United States Congress passes the Foraker Act, giving Puerto Rico limited self-rule. |
| 37682 | April 2 | Event | 1902 – Dmitry Sipyagin, Minister of Interior of the Russian Empire, is assassinated in the Marie Palace, St Petersburg. |
| 37683 | April 2 | Event | 1902 – "Electric Theatre", the first full-time movie theater in the United States, opens in Los Angeles. |
| 37684 | April 2 | Event | 1911 – The Australian Bureau of Statistics conducts the country's first national census. |
| 37685 | April 2 | Event | 1912 – The ill-fated RMS Titanic begins sea trials. |
| 37686 | April 2 | Event | 1917 – World War I: United States President Woodrow Wilson asks the U.S. Congress for a declaration of war on Germany. |
| 37687 | April 2 | Event | 1921 – The Autonomous Government of Khorasan, a military government encompassing the modern state of Iran, is established. |
| 37688 | April 2 | Event | 1930 – After the mysterious death of Empress Zewditu, Haile Selassie is proclaimed emperor of Ethiopia. |
| 37689 | April 2 | Event | 1945 – Diplomatic relations between the Soviet Union and Brazil are established. |
| 37690 | April 2 | Event | 1956 – As the World Turns and The Edge of Night premiere on CBS-TV. The two soaps become the first daytime dramas to debut in the 30-minute format. |
| 37691 | April 2 | Event | 1962 – The first official panda crossing is opened outside London Waterloo station. |
| 37692 | April 2 | Event | 1972 – Actor Charlie Chaplin returns to the United States for the first time since being labeled a communist during the Red Scare in the early 1950s. |
| 37693 | April 2 | Event | 1973 – Launch of the LexisNexis computerized legal research service. |
| 37694 | April 2 | Event | 1973 – The Liberal Movement breaks away from the Liberal and Country League in South Australia. |
| 37695 | April 2 | Event | 1975 – Vietnam War: Thousands of civilian refugees flee from Quảng Ngãi Province in front of advancing North Vietnamese troops. |
| 37696 | April 2 | Event | 1975 – Construction of the CN Tower is completed in Toronto, Canada. It reaches 553.33 metres (1,815.4 ft) in height, becoming the world's tallest free-standing structure. |
| 37697 | April 2 | Event | 1980 – United States President Jimmy Carter signs the Crude Oil Windfall Profits Tax Act in an effort to help the U.S. economy rebound. |
| 37698 | April 2 | Event | 1982 – Falklands War: Argentina invades the Falkland Islands. |
| 37699 | April 2 | Event | 1986 – Alabama governor George Wallace, a former segregationist most widely known for the "Stand in the Schoolhouse Door", announces that he will not seek a fifth four-year term and will retire from public life upon the end of his term in January 1987. |
| 37700 | April 2 | Event | 1989 – Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev arrives in Havana, Cuba, to meet with Fidel Castro in an attempt to mend strained relations. |
| 37701 | April 2 | Event | 1991 – Rita Johnston becomes the first female Premier of a Canadian province when she succeeds William Vander Zalm (who had resigned) as Premier of British Columbia. |
| 37702 | April 2 | Event | 1992 – In New York, Mafia boss John Gotti is convicted of murder and racketeering and is later sentenced to life in prison. |
| 37703 | April 2 | Event | 1992 – 42 civilians were massacred in the town of Bijeljina |
| 37704 | April 2 | Event | 1994 – The National Convention of New Sudan of the SPLA/M opens in Chukudum. |
| 37705 | April 2 | Event | 2002 – Israeli forces surround the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem into which armed Palestinians had retreated a siege ensues. |
| 37706 | April 2 | Event | 2004 – Islamist terrorists involved in the 11 March 2004 Madrid attacks attempt to bomb the Spanish high-speed train AVE near Madrid the attack is thwarted. |
| 37707 | April 2 | Event | 2006 – Over 60 tornadoes break out in the United States Tennessee is hardest hit with 29 people killed. |
| 37708 | April 2 | Event | 2012 – A mass shooting at Oikos University at Oakland, California, leaves seven people dead and three injured. |
| 37709 | April 2 | Event | 2014 – A spree shooting occurs at the Fort Hood Army Base near the town of Killeen, Texas, with four people dead, including the gunman, and 16 others sustaining injuries. |
| 37710 | April 2 | Event | 2015 – Gunmen attack Garissa University College in Kenya, killing at least 148 people and wounding 79 others. |