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• 1779 – Army Corps of Engineers is authorized by Congress.
• 1824 – The United States War Department creates the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
• 1861 – The Constitution of the Confederate States of America is adopted.
• 1959 – The original Broadway production of A Raisin in the Sun opens at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre in New York City.
• 1977 – More than 130 hostages held in Washington, D.C., by Hanafi Muslims are set free after ambassadors from three Islamic nations join negotiations.
• 1993 – Janet Reno (pictured) is confirmed by the United States Senate and sworn-in the next day, becoming the first female Attorney General of the United States.

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