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Statutory White House office (PAHPAIA codification) for pandemic preparedness coordination; replaced ad-hoc COVID-19 Response Team.

Public-private review board modeled on NTSB to investigate significant cyber incidents (e.

CISA-led public-private operational collaboration for cyber-defense planning and shields-up coordination.

Statutory White House office established by the FY21 NDAA to coordinate national cybersecurity policy and strategy.

DHS operational agency for cybersecurity and critical-infrastructure resilience; successor to NPPD; designated National Coordinator under NSM-22.

FEMA directorate combining mitigation, insurance, continuity, and grants in a unified resilience mission.

DHS 24/7 cyber situational awareness center; merged into CISA cyber operations on agency creation.

DHS directorate consolidating cybersecurity, infrastructure protection, federal protective service, and biometrics; rebranded as CISA in 2018.

HHS principal advisor for public-health and medical emergency response; elevated to operating division Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response (ASPR-as-Administratio…

HHS authority established under PAHPA to develop and procure medical countermeasures against CBRN and pandemic threats; led Operation Warp Speed.

DHS Preparedness Directorate that briefly housed preparedness functions separate from FEMA following the second-stage review.

Cabinet department established to consolidate U.

Original DHS directorate that absorbed FEMA from 2003 to 2005.

Successor office to CEPPO and OEER consolidating EPA emergency response capabilities.

Federal advisory council providing strategic advice to the Secretary of Homeland Security.

White House office established by Bush after 9/11; precursor to DHS.

FEMA directorate created under Director Witt to elevate hazard mitigation as a core agency function.

EPA office for chemical emergency preparedness, established after Bhopal.

Federal public health agency established under CERCLA to address health effects from hazardous substance exposures.

Interagency committee coordinating federal radiological emergency preparedness.

Federal agency for emergency management; independent agency from April 1979 to March 2003, then subsumed into DHS.

António de Oliveira Salazar becomes the prime minister of Portugal, a position he holds for 36 years.

Bessarabia votes to become part of the Kingdom of Romania.

Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia declare their independence from Russia.

Estonia declares independence from Russia and Germany.

Finland declares independence from Russia and forms an alliance with Germany.

The Red Army was formed in the Russian SFSR and Soviet Union.

The Ukrainian People's Republic declares independence from Bolshevik Russia.

Éamon de Valera is elected President of the Executive Council, marking a change in government.

A Finnish political movement that is condemned by the conservative president Pehr Evind Svinhufvud.

A radical right-wing group responsible for the assassination of Dan Takuma, a prominent Japanese businessman.

Dan Takuma, a prominent Japanese businessman and director of the Mitsui Zaibatsu conglomerate, is assassinated.