On April 3, 1992, Ramiz Alia resigned from the post of President of the former Socialist People's Republic of Albania, thus ending his career in politics.
On April 2, 1879, Aleksandër Moisiu, a world-renowned actor of Albanian descent and posthumously honored as a "People’s Artist," was born in Trieste, Italy.
On April 2, 1944, Memo Meto (1910–1944), an activist of the National Liberation Anti-Fascist War, poet, and "Hero of the People," was killed in Kuç, Kurvelesh.
The "Rezalle Massacre" took place, a massacre of the Serbian police and army forces against the Albanian civilian population in the village of Rezalle in Skenderaj.
