Replaying Tuesday, April 2, 2013

The April 2, 2013 was a Tuesday under the star sign of . It was the 91 day of the year. President of the United States was Barack Obama.

If you were born on this day, you are 13 years old. Your last birthday was on the Thursday, April 2, 2026, 82 days ago. Your next birthday is on Friday, April 2, 2027, in 282 days. You have lived for 4,830 days, or about 115,927 hours, or about 6,955,626 minutes, or about 417,337,560 seconds.

Some people who share this birthday:

  • Gautama Buddha (bhikṣu, philosopher, religion founder, religious leader, writer, born April 8, 563)
  • Pedro Pascal (actor, film actor, stage actor, television actor, born April 2, 1975)
  • Jesse Plemons (actor, film actor, guitarist, singer, television actor, born April 2, 1988)
  • Michael Fassbender (actor, film actor, film producer, racing driver, stage actor, television actor, born April 2, 1977)
  • Marvin Gaye (composer, musician, pianist, record producer, singer, singer-songwriter, songwriter, born April 2, 1939)
  • Hans Christian Andersen (author, autobiographer, children's writer, cut-paper artist, journalist, novelist, playwright, poet, traveler, writer, born April 2, 1805)
  • Serge Gainsbourg (actor, composer, film actor, film director, film score composer, jazz musician, musician, painter, pianist, poet, screenwriter, singer, singer-songwriter, songwriter, writer, born April 2, 1928)
  • Émile Zola (art critic, essayist, journalist, literary critic, novelist, photographer, playwright, poet, political journalist, short story writer, theatre critic, writer, born April 2, 1840)
  • Christopher Meloni (actor, film actor, television actor, voice actor, born April 2, 1961)
  • Daisuke Namikawa (actor, film director, seiyū, singer, born April 2, 1976)
  • Rodney King (activist, author, taxi driver, born April 2, 1969)
  • Ajay Devgn (businessperson, film actor, film director, film producer, born April 2, 1969)
  • Miralem Pjanić (association football player, born April 2, 1990)
  • Alec Guinness (autobiographer, character actor, film actor, screenwriter, stage actor, television actor, born April 2, 1914)
  • Linda Hunt (actor, film actor, stage actor, television actor, voice actor, born April 2, 1945)
  • Giacomo Casanova (adventurer, author, autobiographer, banker, diplomat, librarian, novelist, poet, translator, writer, born April 2, 1725)
  • Alberto Fernández (lawyer, politician, university teacher, born April 2, 1959)
  • Clark Gregg (actor, director, film actor, film director, screenwriter, television actor, writer, born April 2, 1962)
  • Chuang Chih-yuan (table tennis player, born April 2, 1981)
  • Roselyn Sánchez (actor, film actor, model, singer, songwriter, born April 2, 1973)
  • Quavo (lyricist, rapper, recording artist, born April 2, 1991)
  • Bethany Joy Lenz (actor, composer, film actor, musician, recording artist, singer, television actor, born April 2, 1981)
  • Kim Jae-wook (actor, film actor, model, television actor, born April 2, 1983)
  • Asami Seto (seiyū, born April 2, 1993)
  • Shawn Rhoden (bodybuilder, born April 2, 1975)
  • Emmylou Harris (country singer, guitarist, recording artist, singer-songwriter, born April 2, 1947)
  • Catherine of Siena (diplomat, memoirist, philosopher, politician, religious sister, writer, born March 25, 1347)
  • André Onana (association football player, born April 2, 1996)
  • Susumu Hirasawa (composer, guitarist, keyboardist, music arranger, record producer, singer, singer-songwriter, born April 2, 1954)
  • Buddy Ebsen (actor, coin collecting, dancer, film actor, film producer, military officer, singer, stage actor, television actor, born April 2, 1908)
  • Renée Estévez (actor, film actor, screenwriter, stage actor, television actor, writer, born April 2, 1967)
  • Remo D'Souza (actor, choreographer, dancer, film director, born April 2, 1974)
  • Zack Steffen (association football player, born April 2, 1995)
  • Abdelhak Nouri (association football player, born April 2, 1997)
  • Zhang Yimou (actor, film director, film producer, screenwriter, born April 2, 1950)
  • Ibrahim Afellay (association football player, born April 2, 1986)
  • Adam Rodríguez (actor, film actor, screenwriter, television actor, born April 2, 1975)
  • Teddy Sheringham (association football manager, association football player, born April 2, 1966)
  • Max Ernst (collagist, designer, draftsperson, engraver, graphic artist, illustrator, jewelry designer, lithographer, painter, poet, printmaker, psychiatrist, sculptor, born April 2, 1891)
  • Yū Hayashi (child actor, seiyū, singer, born April 2, 1983)
  • Charanjit Singh Channi (politician, born April 2, 1972)
  • Princess Sirindhorn, Princess Royal of Thailand (children's writer, comics artist, composer, dancer, diplomat, environmentalist, historian, illustrator, instrumentalist, linguist, military officer, philanthropist, photographer, poet, singer, social worker, translator, university teacher, writer, born April 2, 1955)
  • Adam Frederick Goldberg (film producer, screenwriter, showrunner, television producer, born April 2, 1976)
  • Elton (television presenter, voice actor, born April 2, 1971)
  • Leon Russell (guitarist, mandolinist, musician, pianist, singer, singer-songwriter, born April 2, 1942)
  • Sergey Kovalev (boxer, born April 2, 1983)
  • Pattie Mallette (autobiographer, film producer, writer, born April 2, 1976)
  • Kiyoshiro Imawano (actor, record producer, recording artist, singer, singer-songwriter, born April 2, 1951)
  • Aya Ōmasa (actor, fashion model, model, born April 2, 1991)
  • Thom Evans (rugby union player, born April 2, 1985)

2nd of April 2013 News

News as it appeared on the front page of the New York Times on April 2, 2013

‘The Century’s Bitterest Journalistic Failure’? Considering Times Coverage of the Holocaust

Date: 02 April 2013

By Michael Gonchar

Michael Gonchar

In this lesson we offer one more way to teach about the Holocaust: use contemporary reporting in The New York Times as a lens for thinking about what the press was reporting at the time, and why it was reporting it that way.

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The Damage Done by a ‘Lucky Guy’

Date: 03 April 2013

By Martin Garbus

Martin Garbus

Mike McAlary, the newspaper columnist who is now the subject of a Broadway play, was a flawed journalist who once falsely accused a rape victim of perpetrating a hoax.

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In China, Bird Flu Jitters Are Back

Date: 03 April 2013

By Didi Kirsten Tatlow

Didi Tatlow

With four more cases of a new bird flu, H7N9, diagnosed in China, bringing the total to seven, of whom two have died and the others are said to be in critical condition, a familiar fear is back.

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2 Major Air Pollutants Increase in Beijing

Date: 03 April 2013

By Edward Wong

Edward Wong

Levels of two major air pollutants — nitrogen dioxide and particulate matter that is between 2.5 and 10 micrometers, called PM 10 — surged early in 2013, a report said.

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News Quiz | April 3, 2013

Date: 03 April 2013

By Anastasia Economides

Anastasia Economides

See what you know about the news of the day.

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Fatal Landslide Draws Attention to the Toll of Mining on Tibet

Date: 02 April 2013

By Edward Wong

Edward Wong

A mining surge on the Tibetan plateau has provided valuable resources for China’s economy, but the environmental damage has stirred anger among people living there.

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News Quiz | April 2, 2013

Date: 02 April 2013

By Anastasia Economides

Anastasia Economides

See what you know about the news of the day.

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S.E.C. Sets Rules for Disclosures Using Social Media

Date: 02 April 2013

By Michael J. de la Merced

Michael de la Merced

The Securities and Exchange Commission cleared companies’ use of Facebook and Twitter for important announcements, following an investigation into a social media post by Netflix’s chief executive.

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Leno and Fallon Poke Fun at Their Uncertain Fates

Date: 02 April 2013

By Bill Carter

Bill Carter

Jay Leno and Jimmy Fallon made light of their situations as media reports suggested that Mr. Fallon may be taking over the “Tonight” show on NBC.

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Formichetti Out at Mugler

Date: 02 April 2013

By Eric Wilson

Eric Wilson

Joel Palix, the president of Clarins Fragrance Group and the director general of its Mugler fragrance and fashion label, announced on Tuesday that the company had parted ways with the creative director Nicola Formichetti.

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