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Ben Shelton 1896 - 1979

Ben Shelton of Hughes Springs, Cass County, Texas was born on April 6, 1896, and died at age 83 years old in October 1979.
Ben Shelton
Hughes Springs, Cass County, Texas 75656
April 6, 1896
October 1979
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Ben Shelton's History: 1896 - 1979

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  • 04/6
    1896

    Birthday

    April 6, 1896
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  • 10/dd
    1979

    Death

    October 1979
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    Unknown
    Cause of death
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    Ben Shelton lived 12 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 83.
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In 1896, in the year that Ben Shelton was born, in April, the first study on global warming due to CO2 - carbon dioxide - in the atmosphere was published by Swedish scientist Svante Arrhenius. Arrhenius concluded that human activity due to the Industrial Revolution would amplify CO2 in the atmosphere, causing a greenhouse effect. His conclusions have been extensively tested in the ensuing 100+ years and are still seen to hold true.
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In 1935, at the age of 39 years old, Ben was alive when the BOI's name (the Bureau of Investigation) was changed to the FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation) and it officially became a separate agency with the Department of Justice. J. Edgar Hoover, the Chief of the BOI, continued in his office and became the first Director of the FBI. The FBI's responsibility is to "detect and prosecute crimes against the United States".
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