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Arletha H Dixon 1904 - 1988

Arletha H Dixon of Columbia, Richland County, SC was born on October 21, 1904, and died at age 83 years old on March 16, 1988.
Arletha H Dixon
Columbia, Richland County, SC 29203
October 21, 1904
March 16, 1988
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Arletha H Dixon's History: 1904 - 1988

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  • 10/21
    1904

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    October 21, 1904
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  • 03/16
    1988

    Death

    March 16, 1988
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    Arletha H Dixon lived 13 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 83.
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In 1904, in the year that Arletha H Dixon 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 1934, at the age of 30 years old, Arletha was alive when on July 22nd, gangster John Dillinger was killed in Chicago. His gang had robbed banks and police stations, among other charges, and he was being hunted by J. Edgar Hoover, head of the FBI - although many in the public saw him as a "Robin Hood". A madam from a brothel in which he was hiding became an informer for the FBI and, after a shootout with FBI agents, Dillinger was shot and died.
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