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Callis Reid 1904 - 1982

Callis Reid of Newport News, Newport News City County, VA was born on March 4, 1904, and died at age 78 years old in April 1982.
Callis Reid
Newport News, Newport News City County, VA 23602
March 4, 1904
April 1982
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Callis Reid's History: 1904 - 1982

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  • 03/4
    1904

    Birthday

    March 4, 1904
    Birthdate
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  • 04/dd
    1982

    Death

    April 1982
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    Unknown
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    Callis Reid lived 6 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 78.
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In 1904, in the year that Callis Reid 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 1928, Callis was 24 years old when aviatrix Amelia Earhart, age 31, became the first woman to fly solo across North America and back in August. In June, she had been part of a 3 man crew that flew the Atlantic Ocean but since she had no instrument training, she couldn't fly the plane - she kept the flight log. The North American flight became one of her many "firsts" as a female pilot.
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