On this day:
Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy, R-Wis., died at age 48, in 1957
J. Edgar Hoover, head of the FBI for 48 years, died at age 77, in 1972
Former Vice President Spiro T. Agnew was disbarred by the Maryland Court of Appeals, in 1974
Tony Blair became, at age 44, Britain’s youngest prime minister in 185 years, in 1997
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