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Chester Horton 1904 - 1977

Chester Horton of Bloomington, Monroe County, Indiana was born on May 17, 1904, and died at age 73 years old in September 1977.
Chester Horton
Bloomington, Monroe County, Indiana 47401
May 17, 1904
September 1977
Male
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Chester Horton's History: 1904 - 1977

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    1904

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    May 17, 1904
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  • 09/dd
    1977

    Death

    September 1977
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    Chester Horton lived 1 year longer than the average family member when died at the age of 73.
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In 1904, in the year that Chester Horton 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 1941, he was 37 years old when on June 25th, President Roosevelt signed Executive Order 8802, prohibiting racial discrimination in the defense industry. EO 8802 was the first federal action to prohibit employment discrimination - without prejudice as to "race, creed, color, or national origin" - in the U.S. Civil Rights groups had planned a march on Washington D.C. to protest for equal rights but with the signing of the Order, they canceled the March.
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