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Sam Giles 1899 - 1989

Sam Giles of Highland Park, Wayne County, MI was born on December 16, 1899, and died at age 89 years old on January 18, 1989.
Sam Giles
Highland Park, Wayne County, MI 48203
December 16, 1899
January 18, 1989
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Sam Giles' History: 1899 - 1989

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  • 12/16
    1899

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    December 16, 1899
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  • 01/18
    1989

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    January 18, 1989
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    Sam Giles lived 17 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 89.
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In 1899, in the year that Sam Giles was born, on February 4th, the Philippine–American War began. The Philippines objected to the Treaty of Paris, signed in 1898, that transferred possession of the Philippines from Spain to the U.S. Filipinos began a fight for independence and fighting between U.S. forces and those of the Philippine Republic broke out. On June 2nd, the Philippines officially declared war on the United States.
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In 1904, at the age of just 5 years old, Sam was alive when 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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