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Barney Downing 1905 - 1978

Barney Downing of Gilbertown, Choctaw County, Alabama was born on July 24, 1905, and died at age 72 years old in February 1978.
Barney Downing
Gilbertown, Choctaw County, Alabama 36908
July 24, 1905
February 1978
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  • 07/24
    1905

    Birthday

    July 24, 1905
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  • 02/dd
    1978

    Death

    February 1978
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    Unknown
    Cause of death
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    Barney Downing lived 1 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 72.
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In 1905, in the year that Barney Downing was born, the first movie theater opened in the United States in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It was the first theater to show nothing but movies - silent films. Two men, John P. Harris and his brother-in-law Harry Davis, opened the Nickelodeon on Smithfield Street - charging 5 cents for admission. The first day, 450 people watched movies at the new theater - on the second day, more than 1500 people stood in line to get in.
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In 1935, Barney was 30 years old 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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