Historical Events for 2nd April 2023

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1453 - Turkish forces under Sultan Mehmed II begin the siege of Constantinople (İstanbul), which falls May 29
1865 - Battle of Fort Blakely Alabama, last major battle of the US Civil War
1902 - Dutch football club Maatschappelijke Voetbal Vereniging (MVV) is established in Maastricht, Netherlands
1932 - "Tarzan the Ape Man" released starring Olympic swimmer Johnny Weissmuller in the first of his 12 Tarzan films
1977 - Montreal Canadiens rout the Washington Capitals, 11-0 at the Montreal Forum to set an NHL record of 34 straight home games without a loss
1985 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1993 - Cleveland Cavaliers guard Mark Price has his consecutive free throw streak end at 77, during a 114-113 loss at Charlotte; falls 1 short of Calvin Murphy’s NBA record of 78 straight free throws
1993 - Venezuelan DC-10 crashes at Margarita, killing 10
2019 - 70 villages evacuated in Khuzesta province, Iran, after at least 45 killed in flooding after unprecedented rainfall
2020 - Spain's death toll passes 10,000 (10003), as it posts a record single-day rise of 950 deaths

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