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Christenia Thompson 1904 - 1983

Christenia Thompson of Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa was born on July 15, 1904, and died at age 79 years old in August 1983.
Christenia Thompson
Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa 50317
July 15, 1904
August 1983
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  • 07/15
    1904

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    July 15, 1904
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  • 08/dd
    1983

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    August 1983
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    Christenia Thompson lived 7 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 79.
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In 1904, in the year that Christenia Thompson 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 1920, Christenia was 16 years old when on November 2, radio station KDKA began broadcasting in Pittsburgh, PA. This was the first commercial radio broadcast in the United States. Westinghouse, a leading manufacturer of radios and the backer of the station, chose the date because of the Presidential election. People liked it because they could hear about the results of the election between Harding and Cox before the morning papers arrived. Four years later, there were 600 commercial stations broadcasting in the U.S.
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