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James Thompson 1904 - 1981

James Thompson of Falls Church, Fairfax County, VA was born on April 2, 1904, and died at age 76 years old in February 1981.
James Thompson
Falls Church, Fairfax County, VA 22042
April 2, 1904
February 1981
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    1904

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    April 2, 1904
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    1981

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    February 1981
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    James Thompson lived 4 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 76.
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In 1904, in the year that James 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 1915, James was just 11 years old when the Germans first used poison gas as a weapon at the second Battle of Ypres during World War I. While noxious gases had been used since ancient times, this was the first use of poisonous gas - in this case, lethal chlorine gas - in modern war. Subsequently, the French and British - as well as the United States when they entered World War 1 - developed and used lethal gas in war.
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