J. Edgar Hoover: References & Edit History

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Type Description Contributor Date
Modified link of Web site: PBS - Biography: J. Edgar Hoover. Sep 22, 2026
Add new Web site: BBC - The People vs J Edgar Hoover - How J Edgar Hoover became one of the most powerful men in America. Jun 06, 2026
Anniversary information added. Apr 28, 2026
Add new Web site: ABC listen - Overnights - J. Edgar Hoover. Mar 28, 2026
Anniversary information added. Jan 01, 2026
Add new Web site: ABC listen - Late Night Live - G-Man: a new biography of J. Edgar Hoover. Aug 30, 2025
Questions and answers added. Mar 20, 2025
Add new Web site: BBC - Evil Genius with Russell Kane - J. Edgar Hoover. Feb 03, 2025
Add new Web site: NPR - Biography traces public support for J. Edgar Hoover in most of his 48 years in power. Oct 21, 2024
Add new Web site: Academia - WWI and the "Rise" of J Edgar Hoover. Jun 18, 2024
Add new Web site: White House Historical Association - J. Edgar Hoover and the Making of the American Century. Apr 19, 2024
First paragraph modernization. Mar 13, 2024
Add new Web site: The Guardian - The secret life of J Edgar Hoover. Mar 04, 2024
Add new Web site: University of Michigan Law School Scholarship Repository - J. Edgar Hoover: The Man and the Secrets. Jan 02, 2024
Add new Web site: Densho Encyclopedia - J. Edgar Hoover. Nov 07, 2023
Add new Web site: Warfare History Network - FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover and the Nazi Saboteur. Jul 07, 2023
Add new Web site: The Mob Museum - Biography of J. Edgar Hoover. May 17, 2021
Corrected display issue. Sep 10, 2020
Add new Web site: Official Site of The J. Edgar Hoover Foundation. Apr 25, 2019
Added cross-references. Oct 12, 2017
Add new Web site: PBS - Biography: J. Edgar Hoover. Mar 05, 2014
Add new Web site: Federal Bureau of Investigation - Biography of John Edgar Hoover. Jul 08, 2013
Added image of J. Edgar Hoover. Feb 03, 2011
Added video of the hunt for John Dillinger and his eventual shooting. Sep 01, 2009
Article revised. Jun 16, 2005
Article added to new online database. Jan 12, 2000
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