1908Bureau of Investigation Established

July 26: Founding of the Bureau of Investigation (BOI)
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🔪 McKinley Assassination and Roosevelt's Ascension

September 6: The assassination of William McKinley ushered in office Vice President Theodore Roosevelt after McKinley's death on September 14.
McKinley Assassination and Roosevelt's Ascension (1901)
PresidencyAssassinationProgressive EraPolitical ViolenceExecutive Branch
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🕵️ Bureau of Investigation Established

July 26: Founding of the Bureau of Investigation (BOI)
Bureau of Investigation Established (1908)
Law EnforcementFederal GovernmentJusticeCrimeFBI
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🇺🇸 Taft Inaugurated, Republican Party Divides Over Tariffs

March 4: William Howard Taft is inaugurated as President of the United States; deep divisions in his Republican Party over tariffs.
Taft Inaugurated, Republican Party Divides Over Tariffs (1909)
PresidencyTariffsEconomic Policy
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🇺🇸 Arizona Admitted as a State

February 14: Arizona becomes the last state to be admitted to the continental Union.
Arizona Admitted as a State (1912)
StatehoodAmerican WestUnited States HistoryExpansionismPolitical Geography
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🔫 John Dillinger Killed by FBI

July 22: John Dillinger is gunned down by the FBI outside the Biograph Theater.
John Dillinger Killed by FBI (1934)
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🕵️ Church Committee Investigates U.S. Intelligence Agencies

Church Committee, a U.S. Senate select committee that investigated abuses by the CIA, NSA, FBI and Internal Revenue Service (IRS).
Church Committee Investigates U.S. Intelligence Agencies (1976)
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