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Philip Shaps 1904 - 1984

Philip Shaps of New York, New York County, NY was born on September 8, 1904 in Manhattan County, and died at age 80 years old in December 1984.
Philip Shaps
New York, New York County, NY 10016
September 8, 1904
Manhattan County, NY
December 1984
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Philip Shaps' History: 1904 - 1984

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  • 09/8
    1904

    Birthday

    September 8, 1904
    Birthdate
    Manhattan County, NY
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  • 12/dd
    1984

    Death

    December 1984
    Death date
    Unknown
    Cause of death
    Unknown
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    Philip Shaps lived 2 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 80.
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In 1904, in the year that Philip Shaps 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 1943, when he was 39 years old, on June 20th through June 22nd, the Detroit Race Riot erupted at Belle Isle Park. The rioting spread throughout the city (made worse by false rumors of attacks on blacks and whites) and resulted in the deployment of 6,000 Federal troops. 34 people were killed, (25 of them black) - mostly by white police or National Guardsmen, 433 were wounded (75 percent of them black) and an estimated $2 million of property was destroyed. The same summer, there were riots in Beaumont, Texas and Harlem, New York.
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