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Ruby Gordon 1904 - 1994

Ruby Gordon of Joplin, Jasper County, MO was born on May 4, 1904, and died at age 89 years old in March 1994.
Ruby Gordon
Joplin, Jasper County, MO 64801
May 4, 1904
March 1994
Female
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Ruby Gordon's History: 1904 - 1994

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  • 05/4
    1904

    Birthday

    May 4, 1904
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  • 03/dd
    1994

    Death

    March 1994
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    Ruby Gordon lived 16 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 89.
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In 1904, in the year that Ruby Gordon 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 1945, by the time she was 41 years old, on February 19th, US Marines landed on the island of Iwo Jima and the Battle of Iwo Jima began. Lasting 5 weeks, it was some of the bloodiest and fiercest fighting in the Pacific theater during World War II. The occupying Japanese forces were heavily armed and there were 21,000 Japanese soldiers on the island at the beginning of the battle. Only 216 Japanese soldiers were captured afterwards - the rest had been killed in action or committed suicide. 6,800 American soldiers died but the Americans took control of the island.
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