2002 Daniel Pearl, journalist, Wall Street Journal bureau chief kidnapped and murdered by terrorists, dies at 38
1998 U.S. Census Bureau estimates population at 268,921,733
1993 Henk Kersting, bureau chef (Associated Press-WW II), dies at 88
1992 Josef Neckermann, German founder mail-order firm/travel bureau, dies
1991 Census Bureau said it failed to count up to 63 million in 1990 census
1988 David Schoenbrun, CBS broadcast bureau head (Wash, Paris), dies at 73
1987 Philleo Nash, U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs (1961-67), dies at 77
1981 Humphrey Keervelt, director (Suriname Planning Bureau), murdered
1977 John R Powers, U.S. director model bureau, dies at 80
1966 Marc Bureau, Trois Rivieres, NHL center, Montreal Canadiens
1955 Henry W. Methorst, Dutch director (Central Bureau of Statistic), dies
1951 1st commercial computer, UNIVAC 1, enters service at Census Bureau
1944 RAF bombs census bureau in The Hague
1943 C Bakker, Dutch resistance fighter (census bureau), executed
1943 C L Barentsen, Dutch resistance fighter (census bureau), executed
1943 Coos Hartogh, Dutch resistance fighter (census bureau), executed
1943 Cor Roos, Dutch resistance fighter (census bureau), executed
1943 Karl Groger, Dutch resistance fighter (census bureau), executed
1943 Koen Limperg, Dutch resistance fighter (census bureau), executed
1943 Sam Bloemgarten, Dutch resistance fighter (census bureau), executed
1943 Willem Arondeus, Dutch resistance fighter (census bureau), executed
1943 Willem Brouwer, Dutch resistance fighter (census bureau), executed
1943 SS Police in Amsterdam sentence for 12 resistance fighter to death (Jewish, communists, homosexuality) at the census bureau
1943 Assassination attempt on Van de Peat at Amsterdams census bureau
1943 Van der Veen Resistance starts fire in Amsterdam employment bureau
1939 Grace Abbott, social worker (US Children Bureau), dies at 60
1934 Laurence Luckinbill, Ft. Smith, Arkansas, actor, Delphi Bureau, Ike
1930 Police Bureau of Criminal Alien Investigation started in New York City
1922 Henry Berliner demonstrates his helicopter to U.S. Bureau of Aeronautics
1915 David Schoenbrun, CBS broadcast bureau head, Washington, Paris
1911 Diego Fabbri, Italian, playwright/leader, Vatican movie bureau
1910 US Bureau of Mines forms
1909 Philleo Nash, U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs, 1961-67
1903 Queen Wilhelmina opens Berlages Merchants bureau in Amsterdam
1902 Census Bureau forms
1901 Congress creates National Bureau of Standards, in Department of Commerce
1894 Congress creates Bureau of Immigration
1892 Thomas Cook, CEO (Cook Travel Bureau), dies at 83
1890 Congress creates Weather Bureau
1878 Grace Abbott, Grand Island, Nebraska, social worker, US Children Bureau
1875 International Bureau of Weights and Measures forms by treaty
1870 U.S. Weather Bureau begins operations (24 locations)
1868 Henry W. Methorst, lawyer/director, Dutch Cent Bureau of Statistics
1865 Army commander in South Carolina orders Freedmen's Bureau to stop seizing land
1865 Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands established
1865 Freedmen's Bureau is created to help destitute free blacks
1865 Freedman's Bureau founded for Black Education, 1865
1863 War Department establishes Bureau of Colored Troops
1862 U.S. Bureau of Engraving and Printing begins operation
1862 Congress forms U.S. Bureau of Engraving and Printing
1838 Cleveland Abbe, U.S., meteorologist, Father of Weather Bureau
1824 Bureau of Indian Affairs established
1824 U.S. War Department creates the Bureau of Indian Affairs
1808 Thomas Cook, founder, Cook travel bureau
1650 Henry Robinson opens 1st marriage bureau (England)
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