On July 26, 1908, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
was born when U.S. Attorney General Charles Bonaparte
orders a group of newly hired federal investigators to report
to Chief Examiner Stanley W. Finch of the Department of
Justice.

Charles Joseph Bonaparte
(June 9, 1851 – June 28, 1921)

From left is President Roosevelt with his Cabinet. Attorney General Bonaparte is the third from the left.

Based on outcry from parents who bought into what may have
started as an idle rumor, the FBI launched a formal investigation
in 1964 into the supposedly pornographic lyrics of the song
“Louie, Louie.”

The tune that would go on to become one of the most-covered
songs in rock-and-roll history.

The control room of SW Portland’s Northwestern Inc.
Motion Pictures and Recording, where The Kingsmen’s legendary “Louie Louie” was recorded.

John Edgar Hoover (January 1, 1895 – May 2, 1972)

After nearly five decades as director of the Federal Bureau
of Investigation, J. Edgar Hoover died, leaving the powerful
government agency without the administrator who had been
largely responsible for its existence and shape.

Educated as a lawyer and a librarian, Hoover joined the
Department of Justice in 1917 and within two years had
become special assistant to Attorney General A. Mitchell
Palmer.

May 20, 1972

Cove City, Craven County — The mystery of D.B. Cooper, the
infamous hijacker who vanished with $200,000 after leaping
from a plane in 1971, may be closer to being solved.

The FBI is examining a parachute rigging discovered in a barn
in Craven County, which could potentially identify Cooper.

The case, the FBI’s only unsolved air piracy incident, has
intrigued the nation for over 50 years. Recent findings
suggest that Cooper might have had ties to Eastern North
Carolina, specifically pointing to a man named Richard
Floyd McCoy Jr.

This development is part of the ongoing investigation known
as the "Cooper Vortex," as authorities and enthusiasts alike
continue to delve into the mystery of D.B. Cooper’s true identity.
(by Brian North & Ciara Blosser)

Charles “Pretty Boy” Floyd is shot by FBI agents in a corn
field in East Liverpool, Ohio. Floyd, who had been a hotly
pursued fugitive for four years, used his last breath to deny
his involvement in the infamous Kansas City Massacre, in
which four officers were shot to death at a train station. He
died shortly thereafter.

Charles Arthur Floyd
(February 3, 1904 – October 22, 1934)

F.B.I. director J. Edgar Hoover,declared Floyd to be "public
enemy number one."