Event:
U.S. authorizes $10 Eagle, $5 half-Eagle and 2.50 quarter-Eagle gold coins and silver dollar, dollar, quarter, dime and half-dime
More Notable Events on April 2: 1982 Argentina seizes Malvinas, also known as the Falkland Islands
1978 Velcro was 1st put on the market
1935 Sir Watson-Watt patents RADAR
1921 Albert Einstein lectures in New York City on his new theory of relativity
1877 1st Easter egg roll held on White House lawn
