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Norberto Collado Abreu, the helmsman of the Granma yacht that carried Fidel Castro from Mexico to Cuba to launch his revolution in 1956
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France pledged to send up to 1,000 troops to Afghanistan in a move that will avert a Canadian threat to pull its contingent out of NATO's war in the violent south.
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Australia began pumping carbon dioxide underground to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, using a technology that locks dangerous gases deep in the Earth.
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Chad's main rebel group urged former colonial ruler France to stop backing President Idriss Deby Itno and cease flying over rebel positions in the central African nation's restive east.
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Diplomats said that China has given the UN nuclear watchdog intelligence linked to Tehran's alleged attempts to make nuclear arms.
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Arkansas Gov. Mike Beebe singed legislation to repeal a botched marriage law, and reinstated 17 as the minimum age to marry for boys and 16 for girls.
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In Arkansas 3 men were presumed drowned when scaffolding underneath an Arkansas River bridge collapsed. They were working on a project to install a water main beneath the bridge for the Central Arkansas Water utility.
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- Current / Future Events
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harlemagne (d. 814)
1990 –
Amy Castle, American actress
1985 –
Stephane Lambiel, Swiss figure skater
1984 –
Ashley Peldon, American actress
1984 –
Meryl Cassie, New Zealand actress
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Felix Borja, Ecuadorian footballer
1983 –
Paul Capdeville, Chilean tennis player
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Yung Joc, American rapper
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Bianca Chatfield, Australian netballer
1982 –
Jack Evans, American professional wrestler
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April, 2
- Births
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2008,
Raúl Alfonsín, Argentine lawyer, politician and statesman (b. 1927)
2007,
Paul Reed, American actor (b. 1909)
2006,
Nina Schenk von Stauffenberg, German wife of Claus Schenk von Stauffenberg (b. 1913)
2005,
Pope John Paul II (b. 1920)
2004,
John Argyris, Greek aeronautical engineer (b. 1913)
2003,
Edwin Starr, American singer (b. 1942)
2001,
Charles Daudelin, Canadian artist (b. 1920)
2001,
Jennifer Syme, American actress (b. 1972)
2000,
Tommaso Buscetta, Sicilian mafioso and pentito (b. 1928)
1998,
Rob Pilatus, American model and entertainer (Milli Vanilli) (b. 1965)
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April, 2
- Deaths
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