On This Day for April 3 - Implementation of the Marshall Plan, Fazlur R. Khan is featured, and more

Created: 2020-04-03 10:02 Updated: 2020-04-03 10:02 Notebook: On this Day in History
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April 03
The Willis Tower (right) in Chicago, designed by Fazlur R. Khan.
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Fazlur R. Khan
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Truman, Harry S.
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1948
Implementation of the Marshall Plan
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“Panama Papers”
2016: Private papers from a Panama law firm were made public and revealed how wealthy clients concealed their wealth and avoided paying taxes; the “Panama Papers ” represented one of the biggest leaks of confidential data.
Theodore Kaczynski (centre), the “Unabomber,” following his arrest in April 1996.
1996: Federal agents in Montana apprehended Theodore J. Kaczynski, an American terrorist known as the “Unabomber,” who had killed 3 persons and injured more than 20 with explosives sent through the U.S. postal system .
Eddie Murphy in Dreamgirls
1961: American comedian and actor Eddie Murphy was born in Brooklyn, New York.
Helmut Kohl, 1996.
1930: Helmut Kohl, who served as chancellor of West Germany (1982–90) and of reunified Germany (1990–98), was born in Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Germany.
Day, Doris
1922: American singer and actress Doris Day was born in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Men viewing the body of Jesse James, 1882.
1882: While adjusting a picture on the wall of his home in St. Joseph, Missouri, American outlaw Jesse James was shot and killed by Robert Ford.
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1924
Marlon Brando
American actor
1958
Alec Baldwin
American actor
1961
Eddie Murphy
American actor and comedian
1924
Doris Day
American singer and actress
1925
Tony Benn
British politician
1934
Jane Goodall
British ethologist
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