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J. Edgar Hoover is appointed first Director of the United States' Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and remains so until his death in 1972.
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American law enforcement administrator (1895–1972)
John Edgar Hoover was an American attorney and law enforcement administrator who served as the fifth and final director of the Bureau of Investigation (BOI) and the first director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). President Calvin Coolidge first appointed Hoover as…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
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U.S. federal law enforcement agency
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1972
Calendar year
1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1972nd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 972nd year of the 2nd millennium, the 72nd year of the 20th century, and the 3rd year of the 1970s decade.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
May 10
Day of the year
May 10 is the 130th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 235 days remain until the end of the year.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)