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Roque Rivera-Ortiz 1904 - 1978

Roque Rivera-Ortiz of Puerto Rico was born on August 16, 1904, and died at age 73 years old in January 1978.
Roque Rivera-Ortiz
Puerto Rico 00618
August 16, 1904
January 1978
Male
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Roque Rivera-Ortiz's History: 1904 - 1978

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    1904

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    August 16, 1904
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  • 01/dd
    1978

    Death

    January 1978
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    Roque Rivera-Ortiz lived 5 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 73.
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In 1904, in the year that Roque Rivera-Ortiz 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 1937, he was 33 years old when on May 6th, the German zeppelin the Hindenburg caught fire and blew up. The Hindenburg was a passenger ship traveling to Frankfurt Germany. It tried to dock in New Jersey, one of the stops, and something went wrong - it blew up. Thirty-six people were killed out of the 97 on board - 13 passengers, 22 crewmen, and one ground worker. The reasons for the explosion are still disputed.
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