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Raquel Sevilla 1904 - 2002

Raquel Sevilla of New York, New York County, NY was born on February 3, 1904, and died at age 98 years old on June 21, 2002.
Raquel Sevilla
New York, New York County, NY 10024
February 3, 1904
June 21, 2002
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Raquel Sevilla's History: 1904 - 2002

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  • 02/3
    1904

    Birthday

    February 3, 1904
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  • 06/21
    2002

    Death

    June 21, 2002
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    Raquel Sevilla lived 30 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 98.
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In 1904, in the year that Raquel Sevilla 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, at the age of merely 12 years old, Raquel was alive when 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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