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On July 26, 2008, the FBI will celebrate its 100th anniversary
as a national security agency. In the coming months, you can get insights
into our past through our new “This Week in FBI History” feature
below. We will also be updating this site and adding a range of new materials.
In the meantime, please explore these pages to learn how a small
group of 34 investigators has grown into a cadre of more than 30,000 employees,
evolving right along with the
changing threats facing our nation. |
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This
Week in FBI History  |
FBI History In Depth |
 The Kansas City Massacre
A brazen slaughter by submachine gun outside a Kansas City railroad station on June 17, 1933 killed four lawmen and forever changed the FBI, leading to new powers for the young agency. |
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Origins,
1908-10
Early
Days, 1910-21
Lawless
Years, 1921-23
New
Deal, 1933-39
World War II, 1939-45
Cold
War, 1945-60
Vietnam
era, 1960-72
Watergate
era, 1970s
Global
Crime, 1980s
Cold
War End, 1989-93
Wired
World, 1993-2001
New
Mandate, 2001+ |
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 Mississippi Burning
On June 21, 1964, three civil rights workers were brutally murdered in Mississippi by the Ku Klux Klan. |
 Attack in the Kingdom
A massive truck bomb killed 19 Americans and wounded hundreds more in Saudi Arabia on June 25, 1996. |
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