| 1847: |
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Margarete Steiff is born on July 24 |
| 1858: |
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Theodore Roosevelt is born on October 27 |
| 1869: |
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Clifford Berryman is born on April 2 |
| 1902: |
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Roosevelt leaves on November 12 for Mississippi for his 4 day bear hunt |
| 11/16/02: |
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Berryman's “Drawing the Line in Mississippi” cartoon published in The Washington Post |
| 1902: |
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Morris Michtom and Steiff produce teddy bears |
| 1903: |
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Michtom creates the Ideal and Novelty and Toy Co.
Steiff’s Bar 55 PB shown at Leipzig Toy Fair in March; 3,000 sold |
| 1906: |
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Toy magazine Playthings first uses term “teddy’s bears” in May |
| 1907: |
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American John W. Bratton composes “The Teddy Bear’s Picnic”
Steiff produces 975,000 bears |
| 1909: |
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Margarete Steiff dies at age 61 on May 9 |
| 1926: |
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AA Milne’s “Winnie the Pooh” is published in October |
| 1929: |
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Rayon-plush bears are first advertised |
| 1964: |
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Berenstain Bears appear in first book |
| 1982: |
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Care Bears are introduced |
| 1986: |
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First teddy bear museum opens in Berlin |
| 1992: |
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Steiff Collectors Club started |
| 1994: |
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A record $158,000 is paid for a 1905 Steiff bear at a London auction |
| 2002: |
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100th anniversary of the teddy bear |
| 2007: |
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Tennyson and Tully are born, a new Star Collectable Series |
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