Following are some of the major events to have occurred on April 3:
\n1948 \u2013 U.S. President Truman signed the Marshall Plan into effect, allocating $6 billion in overseas economic aid.
\n1949 \u2013 Transjordan signed an armistice with the newly founded state of Israel.
\n1975 \u2013 Russia\u2019s Anatoly Karpov was proclaimed world chess champion after U.S. holder Bobby Fischer refused to defend his title.
\n2001 \u2013 National Space Development Agency of Japan unveils world\u2019s first prototype of a touchable computer display.
\n2002 \u2013 The Afghan Army was reborn when the first 600 soldiers trained for six weeks by international peacekeepers graduated in a ceremony attended by interim leader Hamid Karzai.
\n2005 \u2013 Ashrita Furman sets new world record by walking 11.3 km (7 miles) balancing a billiard cue on the tip of his finger.
\n2005 \u2013 Hong Kong sprinter \u201cSilent Witness\u201d equals world record of 16 consecutive victories.
\n2006 \u2013 Syrian writer Mohammad al-Maghout, whose poems and plays fiercely criticised Arab regimes, died aged 72.
\n2007 \u2013 A French TGV train set a new world speed record, travelling at 574.8 kilometres per hour (357 mph).
\n2014 \u2013 Georgian swimmer sets new record for swimming 25 metres in handcuffs and leg chains.
\n2016 \u2013 40th Paris Marathon.
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