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Modesta Long 1904 - 1984

Modesta Long of Normal, McLean County, Illinois was born on July 14, 1904, and died at age 79 years old in May 1984.
Modesta Long
Normal, McLean County, Illinois 61761
July 14, 1904
May 1984
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Modesta Long's History: 1904 - 1984

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  • 07/14
    1904

    Birthday

    July 14, 1904
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  • 05/dd
    1984

    Death

    May 1984
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    Modesta Long lived 7 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 79.
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In 1904, in the year that Modesta Long 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 1933, Modesta was 29 years old when on December 5th, the Twenty-first Amendment to the United States Constitution was ratified. The 21st Amendment said "The eighteenth article of amendment to the Constitution of the United States is hereby repealed." Alcohol was legal again! It was the only amendment to the Constitution approved for the explicit purpose of repealing a previously existing amendment. South Carolina was the only state to reject the Amendment.
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