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Don Gordon 1904 - 1977

Don Gordon of Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California was born on February 16, 1904, and died at age 73 years old in December 1977.
Don Gordon
Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California 90004
February 16, 1904
December 1977
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Don Gordon's History: 1904 - 1977

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  • 02/16
    1904

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    February 16, 1904
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  • 12/dd
    1977

    Death

    December 1977
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    Don Gordon lived exactly as long as the average family member when died at the age of 73.
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In 1904, in the year that Don Gordon 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 1916, at the age of merely 12 years old, Don was alive when in June, the U.S. Congress authorized a plan to expand the armed forces over the next five years. Called the National Defense Act of 1916, the national law expanded the National Guard and Army (the Army added an aviation unit), created the Reserves, and gave the President expanded authority to federalize the National Guard. It also allowed the government to stockpile, in advance, materiel to be used in wartime.
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