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Ralph Gessler 1904 - 1982

Ralph Gessler was born on March 29, 1904, and died at age 78 years old in November 1982. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Ralph Gessler.
Ralph Gessler
zip code 33577
March 29, 1904
November 1982
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    1904

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    March 29, 1904
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    1982

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    November 1982
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    Ralph Gessler lived 3 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 78.
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In 1904, in the year that Ralph Gessler 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 1941, by the time he was 37 years old, on June 25th, President Roosevelt signed Executive Order 8802, prohibiting racial discrimination in the defense industry. EO 8802 was the first federal action to prohibit employment discrimination - without prejudice as to "race, creed, color, or national origin" - in the U.S. Civil Rights groups had planned a march on Washington D.C. to protest for equal rights but with the signing of the Order, they canceled the March.
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