3 avril 1812 : Naissance de Louise d'Orléans, première reine des Belges 👑 .
Connue pour son sens aigu de la politique et de la diplomatie ainsi que pour son talent artistique, elle reste une figure marquante de l'histoire européenne.
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louise_d%27Orl%C3%A9ans_(1812-1850)

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🏛️ TRUMAN SIGNS MARSHALL PLAN

April 3, 1948 — President Harry S. Truman sits at the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office, pen in hand, about to sign the Economic Assistance Act. This historic moment would launch the Marshall Plan, helping war-torn Europe rebuild from the ashes of World War II.

The golden afternoon light streams through the windows as Truman focuses on the document that would reshape post-war Europe. Stacks of paperwork surround him, a testament to the monumental task ahead.

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It's been 10 years since the Panama Papers leaks. There has been *some* accountability, but there is still a lot of work left to do.

"The report released on Thursday highlights that a decade after the Panama Papers leak, the global elite continue to utilise a complex international financial system to move immense fortunes beyond the reach of public scrutiny and taxation."

https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/ten-years-since-panama-papers-094611187.html

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APRIL 3, 1934: SOUTHERN TENANT FARMERS’ UNION

The Southern Tenant Farmers Union broke away from a larger organization and became a racially integrated workers union.

https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/southern-tenant-farmers-union/

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APRIL 3, 1969: JUDGE GEORGE CROCKETT JR. DEFENDS EQUAL JUSTICE

In the face of white supremacists’ threats, a Black Detroit judge upheld the law and acted for equal justice for Black churchgoers detained unlawfully after a deadly police shoot-out.

https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/judge-crockett-defends-equal-justice/

📅 APRIL 3 📖
#OnThisDay in #history:

1882 – American Old West: Robert Ford kills Jesse James.

1885 – Gottlieb Daimler is granted a German patent for a light, high-speed, four-stroke engine, which he uses seven months later to create the world's first motorcycle.

1968 – Martin Luther King Jr. delivers his "I've Been to the Mountaintop" speech; he was assassinated the next day.

1975 – Vietnam War: Operation Babylift, a mass evacuation of children in the closing stages of the war begins.