April 2

The second day of April.

Events

 * 33: Maunday Thursday, the Last Supper (traditional date). Jesus gathers in an upper room for a meal with his disciples, and institutes the Eucharist. Later that evening, Jesus gathers his apostles and prays in the Garden of Gethsename. The apostles fall asleep.
 * 1899: Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Pacelli (later ordained a priest.

Births

 * 1932: Edward Michael Cardinal Egan of the United States, Archbishop of New York City.

Deaths

 * 2005: Pope John Paul II