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Gwendolyn Z Kavanagh (1904 - 1999)

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Gwendolyn Z Kavanagh
1904 - 1999
Born
November 3, 1904
Death
March 19, 1999
Last Known Residence
Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio 43214
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Gwendolyn Z Kavanagh of Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio was born on November 3, 1904, and died at age 94 years old on March 19, 1999.
Updated: October 7, 2011
Biography ID: 33444092

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Gwendolyn Kavanagh passed away at age 94 years old on March 19, 1999. Gwendolyn Z Kavanagh of Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio was born on November 3, 1904.

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Gwendolyn Z Kavanagh lived 26 years longer than the average Kavanagh family member when she died at the age of 94.
The average age of a Kavanagh family member is 68.
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In 1904, in the year that Gwendolyn Z Kavanagh 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.

In 1931, Gwendolyn was 27 years old when in March, “The Star Spangled Banner” officially became the national anthem by congressional resolution. Other songs had previously been used - among them, "My Country, 'Tis of Thee", "God Bless America", and "America the Beautiful". There was fierce debate about making "The Star Spangled Banner" the national anthem - Southerners and veterans organizations supported it, pacifists and educators opposed it.

In 1947, she was 43 years old when in June, the Marshall Plan was proposed to help European nations recover economically from World War II. It passed the conservative Republican Congress in March of 1948. After World War I, the economic devastation of Germany caused by burdensome reparations payments led to the rise of Hitler. The Allies didn't want this to happen again and the Marshall Plan was devised to make sure that those conditions didn't arise again.

In 1958, at the age of 54 years old, Gwendolyn was alive when on January 31st, Explorer I, the United States' answer to Sputnik I (and 2,) was launched. America had entered the Space Race. The first spacecraft to detect the Van Allen radiation belt, it remained in orbit until 1970.

In 1982, she was 78 years old when on September 14th, Princess Grace of Monaco (American actress Grace Kelly), 52, died of injuries when her car plunged off a mountain road. Her 17 year old daughter, Stephanie, was also in the car and suffered serious injuries but recovered. It's believed that the accident was caused when Princess Grace, who was driving, had a mild stroke.

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