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Orbie Downs 1918 - 1957

Orbie Downs was born on September 16, 1918, and died at age 38 years old in March 1957. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Orbie Downs.
Orbie Downs
September 16, 1918
March 1957
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  • 09/16
    1918

    Birthday

    September 16, 1918
    Birthdate
    Unknown
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  • 03/dd
    1957

    Death

    March 1957
    Death date
    Unknown
    Cause of death
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    Orbie Downs lived 34 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 38.
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In 1918, in the year that Orbie Downs was born, on November 1, an elevated train on the Brooklyn line of the subway - driven by an inexperienced operator because of a strike - tried to navigate a turn at 30mph. The limit on the curve was 6 mph. The 2nd and 3rd cars of the 5 car wooden train were badly damaged and at least 93 people were killed, making it the deadliest crash in New York subway history.
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In 1924, when this person was only 6 years old, J. Edgar Hoover, at the age of 29, was appointed the sixth director of the Bureau of Investigation by Calvin Coolidge (which later became the Federal Bureau of Investigation). The Bureau had approximately 650 employees, including 441 Special Agents. A former employee of the Justice Department, Hoover accepted his new position on the proviso that the bureau was to be completely divorced from politics and that the director report only to the attorney general.
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