On this day: March 11

POSTED: 9:10 AM Mar 05 2013   UPDATED: 11:00 PM Mar 10 2013

Spanish Influenza breaks out, Janet Reno is confirmed as the first female attorney general, and a massive earthquake and tsunami cripple Japan, all on this day.

OTD March 11 - Bureau of Indian Affairs
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Bureau of Indian Affairs

1824: The United States Department of War creates the Bureau of Indian Affairs, then known as the Office of Indian Affairs, with Thomas L. McKenney appointed as the first head of the office.

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