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Maria Benenson 1922 - 2009

Maria Benenson of West Orange, Essex County, NJ was born on October 12, 1922, and died at age 86 years old on April 20, 2009.
Maria Benenson
West Orange, Essex County, NJ 07052
October 12, 1922
April 20, 2009
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  • 10/12
    1922

    Birthday

    October 12, 1922
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  • 04/20
    2009

    Death

    April 20, 2009
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    Maria Benenson lived 10 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 86.
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In 1922, in the year that Maria Benenson was born, on June 22, coal miners in Herrin Illinois, were on strike (coal miners had been on strike nationally since April 1). The striking miners were outraged at the strikebreakers (scabs) that the company had brought in and laid siege to the mine. Three union workers were killed when gunfire was exchanged. The next day, union miners killed 23 strikebreakers and mine guards. No one, on either side, ever faced jail time.
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In 1935, she was just 13 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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