Phantis:Selected anniversaries/April 2
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- 1453: The army of Mehmet II set up camp outside Constantinople, beginning the siege of the city.
- 1915: The Greek-American daily National Herald commenced publication in New York.
- 1952: Maria Callas debuted in La Scala, Milan.
- 1993: A great fire on Skiathos burned much of the island's forested areas.
- Births: Ferenc Puskas, footballer and coach of Panathinaikos and AEK (1927), Dimitris Mitropanos, singer (1948)
- Deaths: Manolis Angelopoulos, singer (1989), Spyros Kotzamanis, assassin of Gregoris Lambrakis (1993).