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Myrtle Anna Gorbet 1904 - 2008

Myrtle Anna Gorbet of Texas was born on January 9, 1904, and died at age 104 years old on April 15, 2008.
Myrtle Anna Gorbet
Texas
January 9, 1904
April 15, 2008
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Myrtle Anna Gorbet's History: 1904 - 2008

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  • 01/9
    1904

    Birthday

    January 9, 1904
    Birthdate
    Unknown
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  • 04/15
    2008

    Death

    April 15, 2008
    Death date
    Unknown
    Cause of death
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    Myrtle Anna Gorbet lived 32 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 104.
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In 1904, in the year that Myrtle Anna Gorbet 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, by the time she was merely 12 years old, 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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