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Opal Button 1912 - 1986

Opal Button of Dallas, Dallas County, Texas was born on December 31, 1912, and died at age 73 years old in March 1986.
Opal Button
Dallas, Dallas County, Texas 75230
December 31, 1912
March 1986
Female
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Opal Button's History: 1912 - 1986

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  • 12/31
    1912

    Birthday

    December 31, 1912
    Birthdate
    Unknown
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  • 03/dd
    1986

    Death

    March 1986
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    Unknown
    Cause of death
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    Opal Button lived exactly as long as the average family member when died at the age of 73.
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In 1912, in the year that Opal Button was born, in October, former President Theodore Roosevelt was shot, but not killed, while campaigning for another term as President with the newly created Bull Moose (Progressive) Party. John Schrank was a Bavarian-born saloon-keeper from New York who had been stalking Roosevelt when he shot him just before a campaign speech. Shot in the chest (and showing the audience his bloody shirt), Roosevelt went on to give a 55 to 90 minute talk (reports vary on the length) before being treated for the injury. After 8 days in the hospital, Roosevelt went back on the campaign trail.
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In 1924, at the age of only 12 years old, Opal was alive 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.
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