1978: NOAA announces gender-neutral hurricane naming system
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On this day in 2003, the Department of Homeland Security was effectively created as the 15th Cabinet agency and Thomas Ridge was sworn in as its secretary. The George W. Bush administration established the White House Office of Homeland Security in October 2001, following the attacks of Sept. 11, and Ridge, a former governor of Pennsylvania, was chosen to lead it. During his tenure at DHS until Feb. 1, 2005, he oversaw the reorganization of more than 180,000 employees from a combined 22 components to one agency dedicated to safeguarding national security.
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