2014 Event Residents of Ferguson, MO call for FBI investigation of the shooting death of a teenager by a police officer; the reason for the confrontation has not been disclosed 2013 Event U.S. President Barack Obama appoints James Comey as the new director of the FBI 2013 Event Ibragim Todashev, a suspect under FBI questioning in Orlando, Florida, for his connections to the April 2013 Boston Marathon bombing, is shot dead after attacking an agent during the course of questioning 2013 Event Americans learn the FBI and CIA had previous intelligence from Russia warning U.S. intelligence agencies about Tamerlan Tsarnaev's extremist connections before the Boston Marathon bombings 2013 Event The FBI reports they have discovered who stole $580 million in masterpieces from Boston's Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in 1990, the greatest art heist in American history 2012 Event The FBI claim to have completed it's investigation into the terrorist attack on the U.S. Consulate in Libya in one day 2011 Event A 26-year old American citizen is arrested by the FBI for a plot to fly remote-controlled planes filled with explosives into the U.S. Capitol and the Pentagon in Washington, D.C. 1998 Event FBI arrests 10 most wanted suspected serial killer Tony Ray Amati 1998 Death Philip Abbott, actor, The FBI, dies at 74 1997 Event FBI says no evidence of foul play in 1996 TWA 800 crash 1997 Event Drug kingpin Ramon Arellano Felix placed on FBI's 10 most-wanted 1997 Event FBI agent Earl Pitts pleads guilty to selling secrets to Russia 1996 Event Freeman in Montana give up to FBI after 81 days 1995 Event FBI agent Lon Horiuchi shoots at Randy Weaver's cabin in Idaho 1995 Event FBI arrested Timothy McVeigh and charge him with Oklahoma City bombing 1993 Event President Clinton fires FBI director William Sessions 1987 Event FBI apprehends most wanted Claude L Dallas, Jr. in California 1987 Event Minnesota sheriff office arrest FBI most wanted, Thomas G. Harrelson 1986 Event Richard W. Miller became 1st FBI agent convicted of espionage 1985 Event FBI arrests John A Walker, Jr., convicted of spying for U.S.S.R. 1984 Event Richard Miller, becomes 1st (former) FBI agent, charged with espionage 1984 Death Christopher Wilder, FBI's "most wanted man," accidentally kills self 1981 Event Harrison A. Williams, Senator-D-New Jersey, convicted on FBI Abscam charges 1981 Event Harrison A. Williams, Senator-D-New Jersey, convicted on FBI Abscam charges 1980 Event FBI releases details of Abscam, a sting operation that targeted 31 elected and public officials for bribes for political favors 1978 Event Judge William H Webster appointed head of FBI 1975 Event Heiress/bank robber Patricia Campbell Hearst captured by FBI in SF 1973 Event John Lennon sues U.S. government to admit FBI is tapping his phone 1973 Event Acting FBI director L Patrick Gray resigns after admitting he destroyed evidence in the Watergate scandal 1972 Event 1st women FBI members sworn in (Susan Lynn Roley and Joanne E Pierce) 1972 Event John Lennon says his phone is tapped by FBI on Dick Cavett Show 1972 Death J Edgar Hoover, head of FBI (1924-72)/cross dresser, dies at 77 1971 Event FBI begins covert investigation of journalist Daniel Schorr 1970 Event President Nixon requests 1,000 new FBI agents for college campuses 1969 Event Jim Morrison arrested on an airplane by FBI for drunkeness 1969 Birthday Agustin Vasquez-Mendoza, born in Mexico, murderer, FBI Most Wanted 1969 Birthday Thang Thanh Nguyen, born in Soc Trang, Vietnam, murderer, FBI Most Wanted 1968 Death Nick Adams, actor (Interns, Pillow Talk, FBI Story), ODs at 36 1965 Birthday Brian Wilson, New York City, murderer, FBI Most Wanted List 1965 Death Quentin Reynolds, newscaster (Its News to Me)/author (FBI), dies at 62 1964 Birthday Joseph Sinnott Edwards, Chicago, murderer, FBI Most Wanted List 1964 Birthday Mir Aimal Kansi, Quetta Pakistan, murderer, FBI Most Wanted 1963 Birthday Pedro Luis Estrada, born in Brooklyn, New York, murderer, FBI Most Wanted List 1963 Birthday Phung Vuong, born in Saigon, Vietnam, murderer, FBI Most Wanted List 1960 Birthday Scott Anthony Haneline, Indianapolis, murderer, FBI Most Wanted List 1960 Birthday Marvin Clyde Goodwin, born in New Orleans, Louisiana, murderer, FBI Most Wanted List 1958 Birthday Glen Stewart Godwin, born in Miami, Florida, murderer, FBI Most Wanted 1958 Birthday Victor M Gerena, born in New York City, security guard robbed $7 million, FBI wanted 1957 Birthday Melvin Edward Mays, one of FBI's most wanted 1957 Event FBI arrests Jack and Myra Sobel, charged with spying for U.S.S.R. 1953 Birthday John Edward Stevens, New York City, bank robber, FBI Most Wanted List 1952 Birthday Paul David Crews, South Carolina, murderer, FBI Most Wanted List 1952 Birthday Howard Donald Saunders, born in Danbury, Connecticut, murderer, FBI Most Wanted List 1952 Birthday David Puilum Choi, Hong Kong, murderer, FBI Most Wanted List 1951 Birthday Roosevel Ferguson, born in Arkansas, murderer, FBI Most Wanted List 1951 Event FBI director J. Edgar Hoover declines post of baseball commissioner 1950 Birthday Donna Jean Willmott, born in Akron, Ohio, FALN member, FBI most wanted 1950 Event FBI's "10 Most Wanted Fugitives" program begins 1949 Birthday Arthur Lee Washington, Jr., Neptune, New Jersey, murderer, FBI Most Wanted 1949 Birthday Mickey Lee Davis, Jr., Tennessee, murderer, FBI Most Wanted List 1949 Birthday Terry Lee Johnson, Alabama, murderer, FBI Most Wanted List 1948 Birthday Carol Potter, New York City, actress, Beverly Hills 90210, Today's FBI 1948 Birthday Michael Cooper, born in San Francisco, California, sodomizer, FBI Most Wanted List 1948 Birthday Richard Alan Litchfield, born in Massachusetts, bank robber, FBI most wanted 1947 Birthday Michael Gross, born in Chicago, Illinois, actor, Family Ties, FBI murders 1946 Birthday Jessi B. Wilson, Mississippi, murderer, FBI Most Wanted List 1945 Birthday Claude D. Marks, born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, FALN member, FBI most wanted 1945 Birthday Roger Lee Jones, West Virginia, child molester, FBI Most Wanted List 1942 Event FBI captures 8 Nazi saboteurs from a sub off New York's Long Island 1942 Birthday Patrick Michael Mitchell, born in Ottawa, one of FBI's most wanted 1940 Birthday Leslie Isben Rogge, one of FBI's most wanted 1938 Birthday Salvatore Michael Caruana, Massachusetts, criminal, FBI Most Wanted List 1937 Birthday Charles Lee Herron, born in Kentucky, FBI most wanted fugitive, Jan 1 1986 1936 Event Franklin D. Roosevelt gives FBI authority to pursuit fascists and communists 1936 Event FBI's J. Edgar Hoover arrests Alvin Karpis 1934 Death "Baby Face" Nelson, Lester Gillis, gangster, shot by FBI at 26 1934 Death Herman Hollis, FBI agent, killed by Baby Face Nelson 1934 Death Sam Cowley, FBI agent, killed by Baby Face Nelson 1934 Death Charles "Pretty Boy" Floyd, gangster, shot dead at 30 by FBI in Ohio 1933 Event Kansas City Massacre: 1 FBI agent, 4 cops and 1 gangster killed by mob 1931 Birthday Donald Eugene Webb, Oklahoma City, murderer, FBI Most Wanted List 1930 Birthday William S Sessions, Arkansas, director of FBI 1924 Event J. Edgar Hoover assumed leadership of the FBI 1924 Event J. Edgar Hoover appointed head of FBI 1924 Birthday William H. Webster, U.S., judge and head FBI/CIA 1923 Birthday Philip Abbott, born in Lincoln, Nebraska, actor, Arthur Ward-The FBI 1922 Event 1st woman FBI "special investigator" appointed (Alaska Davidson) 1921 Event J. Edgar Hoover becomes asst director of FBI 1920 Birthday John William Farr, born in Detroit, bank robber, FBI Most Wanted List 1918 Birthday Efren Zimbalist, Jr., New York City, actor, 77 Sunset Strip, FBI, Scruples 1913 Birthday W. Mark Felt, born in Idaho, U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agent, Watergate whistleblower "Deep Throat" 1911 Birthday Clarence M Kelley, FBI head 1908 Event Predecessor of the FBI is created by the Department of Justice 1904 Birthday Charlie "Pretty Boy" Floyd, FBI Most Wanted criminal 1903 Birthday Eliot Ness, untouchable, FBI agent-Chicago 1902 Birthday Quentin Reynolds, New York City, newscaster, Its News to Me, author, FBI
