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J. Edgar Hoover

J. Edgar Hoover is named in 28 events across the Capture Cascade Timeline, from 1919 to 1972.

28 events From Aug 1, 1919 To May 2, 1972 Open in filter view →
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1919 · 3 events1920 · 2 events1924 · 1 event1935 · 1 event1936 · 1 event1939 · 1 event1941 · 1 event1942 · 1 event1950 · 1 event1952 · 1 event1953 · 2 events1954 · 1 event1956 · 1 event1957 · 1 event1963 · 2 events1964 · 1 event1967 · 1 event1969 · 2 events1970 · 1 event1971 · 2 events1972 · 1 event19191972
DateEventLanesStatus
1972-05-02J. Edgar Hoover Dies in Office After 48 Years, Ending Longest FBI Directorship and Enabling Oversight Possibility
J. Edgar Hoover · L. Patrick Gray · Helen Gandy · Clyde Tolson · +2
confirmed
1971-04-28Hoover Abolishes Formal COINTELPRO Operations After Media Expose, But Informal Operations Continue
J. Edgar Hoover · Federal Bureau of Investigation · Citizens' Commission to Investigate the FBI
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1971-03-08COINTELPRO Exposed - FBI's Secret War on Civil Rights and Dissent Revealed
Federal Bureau of Investigation · J. Edgar Hoover · Citizens' Commission to Investigate the FBI
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1970-07-14Nixon Approves Huston Plan Authorizing Illegal Surveillance, Rescinded After Hoover Objects
Richard Nixon · Tom Charles Huston · J. Edgar Hoover · Richard Helms · +4
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1969-12-04FBI and Chicago Police Assassinate Black Panther Leader Fred Hampton in Pre-Dawn Raid
Fred Hampton · J. Edgar Hoover · Federal Bureau of Investigation · Chicago Police Department · +3
 confirmed
1969-05-09Kissinger Initiates Wiretapping of 17 Journalists and NSC Staff After Hersh Cambodia Leak
Richard Nixon · Henry Kissinger · Alexander Haig · J. Edgar Hoover · +2
confirmed
1967-08-25FBI COINTELPRO Launches Black Nationalist Hate Groups Program Targeting Civil Rights Leaders
J. Edgar Hoover · Federal Bureau of Investigation · Martin Luther King Jr. · Black Panther Party · +1
confirmed
1964-11-21FBI Mails Anonymous Suicide Letter to Martin Luther King Jr., Weaponizing Surveillance Material
J. Edgar Hoover · William C. Sullivan · Federal Bureau of Investigation · Martin Luther King Jr. · +1
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1963-10-18Hoover Personally Briefs Johnson with King Sex-Surveillance Dossier, Weaponizing Personal Material Against Civil Rights Leader
J. Edgar Hoover · Lyndon B. Johnson · William C. Sullivan · Martin Luther King Jr. · +1
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1963-10-10Attorney General Robert Kennedy Authorizes FBI Wiretapping of Martin Luther King Jr.
J. Edgar Hoover · Robert F. Kennedy · Martin Luther King Jr. · Federal Bureau of Investigation · +1
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1957-07-08Hoover Formalizes "Official and Confidential" File System, Institutionalizing Personal Blackmail Infrastructure
J. Edgar Hoover · Helen Gandy · Clyde Tolson · Federal Bureau of Investigation
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1956-08-28FBI Director Hoover Launches COINTELPRO to Target Communist Party and Domestic Dissent
J. Edgar Hoover · Federal Bureau of Investigation · Communist Party USA
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1954-04-12AEC Security Hearing Against Oppenheimer Begins Targeting Manhattan Project Director
J. Robert Oppenheimer · Lewis Strauss · Gordon Gray · J. Edgar Hoover · +1
confirmed
1953-06-19Julius and Ethel Rosenberg Executed at Sing Sing, Cold War's Most Controversial Death Penalty Case
Julius Rosenberg · Ethel Rosenberg · Roy Cohn · Irving Saypol · +4
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1953-02-09Roy Cohn Establishes Blackmail and Intimidation Network
Roy Cohn · Joseph McCarthy · J. Edgar Hoover · Federal Bureau of Investigation · +1
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1952-01-01Hollywood Blacklist Reaches Peak with Over 300 Industry Professionals Banned
Motion Picture Alliance for the Preservation of American Ideals · Studio executives · House Un-American Activities Committee · American Legion · +2
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1950-08-01State Department Revokes Paul Robeson Passport for Political Views and Soviet Support
Paul Robeson · State Department · J. Edgar Hoover · Federal Bureau of Investigation
confirmed
1942-07-02FDR Proclamation 2561 Creates Military Tribunal for Nazi Saboteurs; Ex parte Quirin Becomes Cited Precedent for Post-9/11 Detention
Franklin D. Roosevelt · U.S. Supreme Court · Harlan F. Stone · Francis Biddle · +2
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1941-12-07FBI Pre-Pearl-Harbor Japanese-American Dossier System Provides Internment Target Lists
J. Edgar Hoover · Federal Bureau of Investigation · Office of Naval Intelligence · Munson Report · +2
 confirmed
1939-09-06Roosevelt Proclamation Consolidates All Domestic Intelligence Under FBI, Creating Peacetime Intelligence Monopoly
Franklin D. Roosevelt · J. Edgar Hoover · Federal Bureau of Investigation · Office of Naval Intelligence · +1
confirmed
1936-08-24Roosevelt Secret Oral Directive Authorizes FBI General Intelligence Without Statutory Basis
Franklin D. Roosevelt · J. Edgar Hoover · Cordell Hull · Federal Bureau of Investigation
confirmed
1935-07-01Bureau of Investigation Formally Renamed Federal Bureau of Investigation, Professionalization Era Begins
J. Edgar Hoover · Federal Bureau of Investigation · Franklin D. Roosevelt · Homer Cummings
confirmed
1924-05-10Hoover Named Acting Director of Bureau of Investigation, Begins 48-Year Tenure
J. Edgar Hoover · Attorney General Harlan Fiske Stone · Bureau of Investigation · Calvin Coolidge
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1920-05-28'Report Upon the Illegal Practices of the United States Department of Justice' Repudiates Palmer Raids
Felix Frankfurter · Roscoe Pound · Zechariah Chafee · National Popular Government League · +2
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1920-01-02Palmer Raids Escalate with Coordinated Mass Arrests Across 33 Cities
Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer · J. Edgar Hoover · Department of Justice · Acting Secretary of Labor Louis Post
confirmed
1919-11-07Palmer Raids Begin: Attorney General and J. Edgar Hoover Arrest 6,000 in 36 Cities, Deport 249 on "Soviet Ark"
A. Mitchell Palmer · J. Edgar Hoover · U.S. Department of Justice · Emma Goldman · +2
 confirmed
1919-09-22Great Steel Strike Crushed Using Red Scare Propaganda, Palmer Raids
American Federation of Labor · United States Steel Corporation · Elbert H. Gary · Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer · +1
 confirmed
1919-08-01Hoover Named to Lead Justice Department Radical Division, Origin of Permanent Political Dossier System
J. Edgar Hoover · A. Mitchell Palmer · Department of Justice · General Intelligence Division
 confirmed

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Federal Bureau of Investigation 20× shared Franklin D. Roosevelt 5× shared Martin Luther King Jr. 4× shared A. Mitchell Palmer 3× shared Richard Nixon 3× shared William C. Sullivan 3× shared Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer 2× shared Black Panther Party 2× shared Citizens' Commission to Investigate the FBI 2× shared Clyde Tolson 2× shared Department of Justice 2× shared Helen Gandy 2× shared Office of Naval Intelligence 2× shared Roy Cohn 2× shared Acting Secretary of Labor Louis Post 1× shared Alexander Berkman 1× shared Alexander Haig 1× shared American Federation of Labor 1× shared American Legion 1× shared Army G-2 1× shared Attorney General Harlan Fiske Stone 1× shared Bureau of Investigation 1× shared Calvin Coolidge 1× shared Central Intelligence Agency 1× shared
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