History at A GLANCE

TODAY is Thursday, April 2, the 93rd day of 2020. There are 273 days left in the year. Highlights in history on this date:

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. 1975 Vietnam War: Thousands of civilian refugees flee from Quang Ngãi Province in front of advancing North Vietnamese troops. 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.

1982 Falklands War: Argentina invades the Falkland Islands.

1989 Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev arrives in Havana, Cuba, to meet with Fidel Castro in an attempt to mend strained relations.

1992 In New York, Mafia boss John Gotti is convicted of murder and racketeering and is later sentenced to life in prison. 2002 Israeli forces surround the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem into which armed Palestinians had retreated; a siege ensues.

2011 India won the 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup, defeating Sri Lanka by 6 wickets in the final in Mumbai, thus becoming the first country to win the Cricket World Cup final on home soil.

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.

2015 Gunmen attack Garissa University College in Kenya, killing at least 148 people and wounding 79 others.