September 9·Every year

National Teddy Bear Day

The teddy bear was named after President Theodore Roosevelt following a 1902 political cartoon depicting him refusing to shoot a captive bear. Toy maker Morris Michtom saw the cartoon and created a stuffed bear he called Teddy's Bear. Simultaneously, German company Steiff launched an identical product. Both claim credit; both are probably right.

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