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Lena Spirn 1904 - 2009

Lena Spirn of Brooklyn, Kings County, NY was born on January 6, 1904, and died at age 105 years old on March 1, 2009.
Lena Spirn
Brooklyn, Kings County, NY 11224
January 6, 1904
March 1, 2009
Female
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Lena Spirn's History: 1904 - 2009

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  • 01/6
    1904

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    January 6, 1904
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  • 03/1
    2009

    Death

    March 1, 2009
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    Lena Spirn lived 20 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 105.
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In 1904, in the year that Lena Spirn 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 1920, she was 16 years old when on November 2, radio station KDKA began broadcasting in Pittsburgh, PA. This was the first commercial radio broadcast in the United States. Westinghouse, a leading manufacturer of radios and the backer of the station, chose the date because of the Presidential election. People liked it because they could hear about the results of the election between Harding and Cox before the morning papers arrived. Four years later, there were 600 commercial stations broadcasting in the U.S.
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