In 1995, a lone gunman shot dead Burundi's Energy and Mines Minister Ernest Kabushemeye in the nation's capital, Bujumbura. The U.S. Department of War created the Bureau of Indian Affairs 174 years ago in 1824. The BIA's mission is the enhancement of the quality of life and the promotion of economic opportunity for American Indians, Indian tribes and native Alaskans. To find out more about the BIA, click here. Holidays and more Today is the Birth of Iman Reza in Iran.
Today is Independence Restitution Day in Lithuania.
Jewish people observe the Fast of Esther Today is Moshoeshoe's Day in Lesotho. Author Douglas Adams is 46. Journalist Sam Donaldson is 64. Jazz musician Bobby McFerrin is 48. Newspaper publisher Rupert Murdoch is 67.