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Gust Thornton 1904 - 1994

Gust Thornton of Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, WI was born on May 8, 1904, and died at age 90 years old on October 18, 1994.
Gust Thornton
Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, WI 53202
May 8, 1904
October 18, 1994
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  • 05/8
    1904

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    May 8, 1904
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  • 10/18
    1994

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    October 18, 1994
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    Gust Thornton lived 19 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 90.
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In 1904, in the year that Gust Thornton 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 1919, when this person was only 15 years old, in June, the Treaty of Versailles - officially ending World War I - was signed. The European Allies demanded "compensation by Germany for all damage done to the civilian population of the Allies and their property by the aggression of Germany by land, by sea and from the air.” The requirement of compensation is seen by most as the reason for the collapse of the German economy and gave rise to the rule of Hitler.
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