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Mahalia Shank 1904 - 1972

Mahalia Shank of Greer, Greenville County, South Carolina was born on August 15, 1904, and died at age 67 years old in June 1972.
Mahalia Shank
Greer, Greenville County, South Carolina 29651
August 15, 1904
June 1972
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Mahalia Shank's History: 1904 - 1972

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  • 08/15
    1904

    Birthday

    August 15, 1904
    Birthdate
    Unknown
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  • 06/dd
    1972

    Death

    June 1972
    Death date
    Unknown
    Cause of death
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    Mahalia Shank lived 7 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 67.
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In 1904, in the year that Mahalia Shank 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 1916, by the time she was just 12 years old, in June, the U.S. Congress authorized a plan to expand the armed forces over the next five years. Called the National Defense Act of 1916, the national law expanded the National Guard and Army (the Army added an aviation unit), created the Reserves, and gave the President expanded authority to federalize the National Guard. It also allowed the government to stockpile, in advance, materiel to be used in wartime.
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