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Alexander M Selkirk 1904 - 2001

Alexander M Selkirk of Sag Harbor, Suffolk County, NY was born on February 25, 1904, and died at age 97 years old on June 9, 2001.
Alexander M Selkirk
Sag Harbor, Suffolk County, NY 11963
February 25, 1904
June 9, 2001
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    1904

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    February 25, 1904
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  • 06/9
    2001

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    June 9, 2001
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    Alexander M Selkirk lived 22 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 97.
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In 1904, in the year that Alexander M Selkirk was born, the "Teddy's Bear" was first produced. After seeing a political cartoon of President Teddy Roosevelt refusing to kill a clubbed and tied up bear, Jewish Russian immigrant Morris Michtom - who owned a candy shop and sold stuffed animals that he and his wife made at night at the store - made a "Teddy's Bear" and put it in his shop's window. The stuffed bears were an immediate success and Michtom and his wife went on to found the Ideal Novelty and Toy Co.
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In 1921, at the age of 17 years old, Alexander was alive when on November 11th, the first burial was held at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery. The body of an unknown soldier - selected by Army Sgt. Edward F. Younger who was highly decorated for valor and received the Distinguished Service Cross in "The Great War" - was brought back from France (World War 1) and placed in the newly completed tomb. President Warren G. Harding officiated at the interment ceremonies.
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