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William L Robey 1904 - 1998

William L Robey of Maryland Heights, Saint Louis County, MO was born on March 23, 1904, and died at age 94 years old on November 25, 1998.
William L Robey
Maryland Heights, Saint Louis County, MO 63043
March 23, 1904
November 25, 1998
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William L Robey's History: 1904 - 1998

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  • 03/23
    1904

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    March 23, 1904
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  • 11/25
    1998

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    November 25, 1998
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    William L Robey lived 21 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 94.
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In 1904, in the year that William L Robey 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, by the time 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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