2013 Event The olinguito becomes the first mammal to be discovered in the past 35 years; the adorabel creature is described as a mini-raccoon with a teddy bear face 1994 Death John Edward Teddy Buckner, trumpeter, dies at 85 1992 Death Teddy Turner, comedian, dies at 75 1988 Event "Teddy and Alice" closes at Minskoff Theater New York City after 77 performances 1987 Event "Teddy and Alice" opens at Minskoff Theater New York City for 77 performances 1986 Death Theodore "Teddy" Wilson, U.S. jazz pianist/arranger, dies at 73 1985 Death Mickey Shaughnessy, actor (Chicago Teddy Bears), dies at 65 1982 Event Singer Teddy Pendergrass' spinal cord severed in a car accident 1971 Death Teddy Hart, actor (3 Men on a Horse), dies at 73 1961 Event Beatles record "Sweet Georgia Brown" and "Ready Teddy" 1961 Birthday Jane Sibbett, actress, Teddy Z, Heddy Newman-Herman's Head 1959 Event Teddy Scholten wins Eurovision Song festival with "A Little Bit" 1952 Birthday Teddy Gentry, Fort Payne, Alabama, country music star, Alabama - Mountain Music 1950 Birthday Teddy Pendergrass, born in Philadelphia, singer, Turn Off the Lights 1944 Death Ernst "Teddy" Thalmann, leader of German KPD, dies 1939 Birthday Marshall Lieb, rocker, Teddy Bears 1937 Birthday Teddy Randazzo, song writer, I'm on the Outside Looking In 1936 Birthday Juliet Prowse, Bombay India, actress/dancer, Who Killed Teddy Bear 1917 Birthday Jan Murray, born in Bronx, New York, comedian, Treasure Hunt, Who Killed Teddy Bear 1912 Birthday Theodore "Teddy" Wilson, U.S. jazz pianist/arranger 1912 Event Bull Moose Teddy Roosevelt shot while campaigning in Milwaukee 1909 Birthday John Edward "Teddy" Buckner, trumpeter 1903 Event 1st Teddy Bear introduced in America, made by Morris and Rose Michtom 1902 Event Brooklyn toymaker Morris Michton names teddy bear after Teddy Roosevelt 1902 Event President Teddy Roosevelt became 1st U.S. chief executive to ride in a car 1898 Event Teddy Roosevelt and his Rough Riders charge up San Juan Hill 1897 Birthday Teddy Hart, New York City, actor, 3 Men on a Horse 1896 Birthday Teddy Hoad, cricketer, pioneering West Indian Test batsman 1888 Birthday Joseph P. Kennedy, born in Boston, Massachusetts, diplomat, father of John F. Kennedy, RFK and Teddy
