April 3

On This Day In History
	1948: Implementation of the Marshall Plan On this day in 1948, U.S. President Harry S. Truman signed into law George C. Marshall's post-World War II plan to revive the economies of western and southern European countries so as to foster democracy in the region.
Harry S. Truman, 1945
Biography Of The Day
	Fazlur R. Khan Born this day in 1929 in Dacca, India (now Dhaka, Bangladesh), Bangladeshi American civil engineer Fazlur R. Khan was known for his innovations in high-rise building construction, and among his works is Chicago's Sears Tower.
The Sears Tower (right) in Chicago, designed by Fazlur R. Khan
More Events On This Day In History
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.
1946	1946 The Japanese army general Homma Masaharu was executed for forcing the Bataan Death March.
	1930 Helmut Kohl, who served as chancellor of West Germany (1982–90) and of reunified Germany (1990–98), was born in Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Ger.
	1924 American stage and motion-picture actor Marlon Brando was born in Omaha, Nebraska.
	1924 American singer and actress Doris Day was born in Cincinnati, Ohio.
1879	1879 Sofia, liberated from the Ottoman Empire by Russian troops, was named the capital of Bulgaria.
	1860 The Pony Express mail delivery system, which used continuous horse-and-rider relays along a 1,800-mile (2,900-km) route between St. Joseph, Missouri, and Sacramento, California, was launched in the United States.