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April 3 is the 93rd day of the year (94th in leap years) ... 1950 – Carter G. Woodson, American historian, author, and journalist, founded Black History Month ...
Events. 1860 - The first successful Pony Express run from Saint Joseph, Missouri to Sacramento, California begins.; 1865 - American Civil War: Union forces capture Richmond, Virginia, the capital of the Confederate States of America.
1865 – In a major turning point of the American Civil War, Union forces capture Richmond, Virginia, the capital of the Confederate States of America.; 1948 – President Harry S. Truman signs the Marshall Plan, authorizing $5 billion in aid for 16 countries.
April 13 – The Jefferson Memorial is dedicated on the 200th anniversary of Thomas Jefferson's birthday. The bronze statue is added in 1947. The bronze statue is added in 1947. April 24 – Ammunition ship SS El Estero catches fire in New York Harbor threatening the explosion of 5,000 tons of ammunition but is towed clear and sunk.
April 3 – Conrad Veidt, German actor (b. 1893) April 5 – W. G. Howard Gritten, British barrister, writer and conservative politician (b. 1870) April 6 – Alexandre Millerand, French politician, 41st Prime Minister of France and 11th President of France (b. 1859) April 7 – Auguste Audollent, French historian, archaeologist (b. 1864) April 8
1858 - The Wernerian Natural History Society, a former Scottish learned society, is wound up; 1888 - Death of Zygmunt Florenty Wróblewski, Polish physicist (b. 1845) 1899 - Birth of Osman Achmatowicz, Polish chemist (d. 1988) 1919 - Birth of Tom Willmore, English geometer (d. 2005) 1958 - Death of Rosalind Franklin, British chemist (b. 1920)
April 1 – The Spanish Civil War comes to an end when the last of the Republican forces surrender. April 3. Adolf Hitler orders the German military to start planning for Fall Weiß, the codename for the invasion of Poland. Refik Saydam forms the new government in Turkey (12th government; Refik Saydam has served twice as a prime minister). April 4
April 1 – Simon Bolivar Buckner, soldier, politician and Confederate soldier (died 1914) April 3 – William M. Tweed, politician (died 1878) May 10 – John Sherman, 32nd United States Secretary of the Treasury, 35th United States Secretary of State (died 1900) May 15 – Thomas Lake Harris, poet (died 1906)