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Russell Thornton 1918 - 1981

Russell Thornton of Phoenixville, Chester County, Pennsylvania was born on April 27, 1918, and died at age 62 years old in January 1981.

Russell Thornton

Phoenixville, Chester County, Pennsylvania 19460

April 27, 1918

January 1981

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Russell Thornton lived 9 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 62.

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In 1918, in the year that Russell Thornton 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 1935, when he was 17 years old, 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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