April 2

On This Day In History
	2005: Death of Pope John Paul II The bishop of Rome and the head of the Roman Catholic Church from 1978, Pope John Paul II, who was the first non-Italian pope in 455 years and the first from a Slavic country, died in Vatican City this day in 2005.
John Paul II leaving a message at the Western Wall during his pilgrimage to Jerusalem, March 26
Biography Of The Day
	Charlemagne Born this day c. 742, Charlemagne, Holy Roman emperor and king of the Franks and the Lombards, united in one superstate practically all the Christian lands of western Europe and oversaw a cultural renaissance in his empire.
Charlemagne holding an orb and a sword
More Events On This Day In History
	1982 Argentine troops seized the Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas), precipitating the Falkland Islands War with Britain.
	1917 U.S. President Woodrow Wilson asked Congress for a declaration of war against Germany.
	1914 British actor Sir Alec Guinness was born.
	1865 In the face of advancing Union forces, Confederate troops evacuated Richmond, Virginia, the capital of the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War.
	1681 King Charles II of England officially proclaimed the charter he had granted in March to William Penn for the Quaker colony of Pennsylvania in North America.
	1513 Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León, in search of the mythical Fountain of Youth in the Americas, landed on the coast of Florida near the present-day city of St. Augustine.