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Jacob Shenk 1904 - 1984

Jacob Shenk of Mount Joy, Lancaster County, PA was born on April 14, 1904, and died at age 80 years old in August 1984.
Jacob Shenk
Mount Joy, Lancaster County, PA 17552
April 14, 1904
August 1984
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Jacob Shenk's History: 1904 - 1984

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  • 04/14
    1904

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    April 14, 1904
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  • 08/dd
    1984

    Death

    August 1984
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    Jacob Shenk lived 4 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 80.
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In 1904, in the year that Jacob Shenk 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 1928, Jacob was 24 years old when aviatrix Amelia Earhart, age 31, became the first woman to fly solo across North America and back in August. In June, she had been part of a 3 man crew that flew the Atlantic Ocean but since she had no instrument training, she couldn't fly the plane - she kept the flight log. The North American flight became one of her many "firsts" as a female pilot.
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