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U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation, FBI a Centennial History: 1908 - 2008, FBI, No date

In 2008 the United States Department of Justice Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) celebrated its 100th anniversary as a crime fighting and…

Tags: Cryptography, FBI, Intelligence, Security, Surveillance, Timelines, US

National Park Service, Fire History Timeline 1804-2004 National Park Service, National Park Service, No date given

Since the establishment of Yellowstone National Park as the world’s first national park in 1872, the desire to suppress, control, and manage fire has…

Tags: Conservation, Department of the Interior, Fire, Fire History, National Park Service, Parks, Yellowstone

Elmer Wesley Greene, Herbert Hoover Timeline 1874-1964, White House Research, 1956

Hoover, Herbert C. 1874-1964, mining engineer, humanitarian, U.S. secretary of commerce, and 31st president of the United States, was the son of Jesse…

Tags: Great Depression, Herbert Hoover, Humanitarian, Presidents, Secretary of Commerce, Timelines

National Weather Service, History of the National Weather Service 1849-2013, NOAA, Circa 1900 - Box Kite

The timeline linked here documents the advancement of the National Weather Service between 1849 - 2013

Tags: Box Kite, Hurricanes, National Weather Service, NOAA, Timelines, Weather

U.S. Government, History of the United States Secret Service, U.S. Government, 2002

The above is linked to the documented history of the United States Secret Service from its creation in 1865, in Washington D.C., to 2008.

Tags: National Defense, Security, Timelines, US Secret Service

NASA, NASA’s First A- Aeronautics History 1958-2008, NASA, 2013

That the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is more than a space agency may come as a surprise to some. Aeronautics, the first A of…

Tags: Aeronautics, First A, NASA, Space, Timelines

National Science Foundation, National Science Foundation Celebrating 50 Years 1950-2000, National Science Foundation, No date

The U.S. national Science Foundation promotes the progress of science to advance the national health, prosperity, and welfare and to secure the…

Tags: National Defense, National Science Foundation, Nifty50, Science, US

United States Senate, Senator Edward Moore Kennedy - Timeline of Public Service, United States Senate, 2009

"His energetic adherence to perseverance, his plain dogged determination, his ability to rise from the ashes…always with grace, and usually with a…

Tags: Civil Rights, Edward M. Kennedy, Health Care, Massachusetts, Ted Kennedy, Timelines, US Senator

Everett Raymond Kinstler, Senator Robert J. Dole Born 1923- Served 45 Years in Public Office, United States Senate, 2006

Robert Dole served for 45 years in public office including service in the Kansas state legislature, both houses of the U.S. Congress, as leader of his…

Tags: House of Representatives, Kansas, Republican Party, Robert J. Dole, Timelines, US Senator

Michael Shane Neal, Senator Robert. C. Byrd (1917-2010) Longest Serving Member of the United States Congress, U.S. Senate, 2007

Senator Robert Byrd was U.S. Representative from 1953 until 1959 and a U.S. Senator from 1959 to 2010. Sen. Byrd served over 51 years of continuous…

Tags: Civil Rights, Democratic Party, House of Representatives, Robert C. Byrd, Timelines, US Senator