births
March 11, 1899
James H. Douglas, Jr., American lawyer, and politician, United States Deputy Secretary of Defense (died 1988)
James H. Douglas Jr.
James Henderson Douglas Jr. was an American lawyer and government official who was Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, serving under both President Herbert Hoover and President Franklin Roosevelt. During the Eisenhower Administration, he served in the United States Department of Defense as Secretary of the Air Force and Deputy Secretary of Defense.
United States Deputy Secretary of Defense
The deputy secretary of defense is a statutory office and the second-highest-ranking official in the Department of Defense of the United States of America.
March 11
March 11 is the 70th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 295 days remain until the end of the year.