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.
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.
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An apartment complex in Spokane, Washington, was searched Saturday, four days after threatening letters allegedly containing ricin were found at a U.S. Postal Service facility in the city.
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