Tag Archives: J. Edgar Hoover

July 26, 1917

Posted on July 26, 2020 by Joel Byers

On July 26, 1917, the 22-year old J. Edgar Hoover was hired by the US Department of Justice, the forerunner of the FBI. It should be noted that Hoover did not sleep his way to the top position in the Justice Department/FBI, he… Continue reading →

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August 26, 1952

Posted on August 26, 2019 by Joel Byers

On August 26, 1952, the city of San Francisco began fluoridating their water. Senator Joseph McCarthy railed against it, as he said it was a Communist Plot to turn Americans into cross-dressing homosexuals. J. Edgar Hoover, the Head of the FBI, promised McCarthy that he would personally go to San Francisco and investigate.

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April 27, 1953

Posted on April 27, 2016 by Joel Byers

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com in 1953, President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed Executive Order 10450 which was the hiring and firing rules for government employment. Homosexuality, moral perversion, and communism were categorized as national security threats and could be used as a condition to fire a federal employee and for denying employment to potential applicants. … Continue reading →

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