Berhard Opperman (1888 - 1979)

Berhard Opperman’s biography is built and maintained by people like you. Create an online profile of Berhard so that their life is remembered forever. If any factual information is incorrect, please edit Berhard’s biography.

Pictures really do say a thousand words. Add photos of Berhard during various points of their life.

1888 - In the year that Berhard Opperman was born, Irishman John Robert Gregg published a pamphlet in the U.S., teaching his first version of shorthand - Gregg shorthand. When he improved on the first version and published it 5 years later, Gregg shorthand became popular.

1924 - Berhard was 36 years old when J. Edgar Hoover, at the age of 29, was appointed the sixth director of the Bureau of Investigation by Calvin Coolidge (which later became the Federal Bureau of Investigation). The Bureau had approximately 650 employees, including 441 Special Agents. A former employee of the Justice Department, Hoover accepted his new position on the proviso that the bureau was to be completely divorced from politics and that the director report only to the attorney general.

1936 - When this person was 48 years old, on November 3rd, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt was reelected to a second term. He ran against Republican Governor Alf Landon (Kansas), defeating Landon in the popular vote by 60.8% to 36.5%. Vermont and Maine were the only two states in which Landon won. John Nance Garner IV became the Vice-President in this election.

1953 - At the age of 65 years old, Berhard was alive when on January 20th, Dwight D. Eisenhower became the 34th President of the United States. Formerly the 1st Supreme Allied Commander Europe in World War II, Eisenhower had never previously held a political office.

1979 - In the year of Berhard Opperman's passing, on November 4th, Iranian militant students seized the US embassy in Teheran and held 52 American citizens and diplomats hostage for 444 days. They were released at the end of the inauguration speech of the newly elected Ronald Reagan.

Who was Berhard’s parents? Did they get married and did they have children? Share Berhard’s family tree to share their legacy and genealogy pedigree.

What do you remember about Berhard Opperman? Share your memories of special moments and stories you have heard about them. Or just leave a comment to show the world that Berhard is remembered.