📅 APRIL 2 📖
#OnThisDay in #history:

1513 – Having spotted land on March 27, Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León comes ashore on what is now the U.S. state of Florida.

1902 – "Electric Theatre", the first full-time movie theater in the United States, opens in Los Angeles.

1912 – The ill-fated RMS Titanic begins sea trials.

1917 – American entry into World War I: President Wilson asks the U.S. Congress for a declaration of war on Germany.