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April 3.
1865. Union forces capture the Confederate capital of Richmond, Virginia.
1882. Jesse James is killed by Robert Ford.
1885. Gottlieb Daimler is granted a patent by the German government for his engine design.
1917. Vladimir Lenin arrives in Russia from exile, beginning the rise and eventual takeover of Russia by communists.
1936. Bruno Hauptmann is executed in the Lindbergh baby kidnapping/murder case.
1948. President Harry Truman signs the Marshall Plan into law.
1973. The first portable cell phone is made in the United States.
1986. IBM unveils its first laptop computer.
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