A copy of the first edition

Winnie-the-Pooh is the first volume of stories about Winnie-the-Pooh,
by A. A. Milne. It is followed by The House at Pooh Corner. The book
focuses on the adventures of a teddy bear called Winnie-the-Pooh
and his friends Piglet, a small toy pig; Eeyore, a toy donkey; Owl, a
live owl; and Rabbit, a live rabbit. The characters of Kanga, a toy
kangaroo, and her son Roo are introduced later in the book, in the
chapter entitled "In Which Kanga and Baby Roo Come to the Forest
and Piglet has a Bath." The bouncy toy-tiger character of Tigger is
not introduced until the sequel, The House at Pooh Corner. Portions
of Winnie-the-Pooh were adapted from previously published magazine
stories.

Alan Alexander Milne (January 18, 1882 – January 31, 1956)

Lassie was the creation of producer Robert Maxwell and animal trainer Rudd
Weatherwax and was televised on CBS from September 12, 1954, to March 
24, 1973. One of the longest-running series on television, the show aired
for seventeen seasons before entering first-run syndication for its final
two seasons. The show was initially filmed in black and white and made
the transition to color in 1965. .

Lassie with trainer Rudd Weatherwax

 
                                                 
                                                  Stubby                            
                            
                               (1916 or 1917 – April 4, 1926)

a brick in the Walk of Honor at the United States World War I monument,
Liberty Memorial, in Kansas City 
        
                           

Sergeant Stubby was a stray Pit Bull/Terrier mix,that became the most decorated
war dog of World War I and the only dog to be promoted to sergeant through
combat. He served 18 months ‘over there’ and participated in seventeen battles
on the Western Front. He saved his regiment from surprise mustard gas attacks,
found and comforted the wounded, and even once caught a German spy by the
seat of his pants, holding him there until American Soldiers found him. Back home
his exploits were front page news on most major newspapers.  

Stubby was wounded in the foreleg by the retreating Germans throwing hand
grenades. He was sent to the rear for convalescence, and as he had done on
the front was able to improve morale. When he recovered from his wounds,
Stubby returned to the trenches.

Upon returning home, Stubby became a celebrity and marched in,
and normally led, many parades across the country. He met with 
Presidents Woodrow Wilson, Calvin Coolidge, and Warren G.
Harding.

   
       
               Clyde Beatty (June 10, 1903 – July 19, 1965)

Beatty left home at age 18 to join the circus as a cage cleaner, and a  
year later formed his first animal act. He soon became famous as a
lion tamer and animal trainer.

Beatty also owned his own show that later merged with the Cole Bros. 
Circus to form the Clyde Beatty-Cole Bros. Circus.

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April 15, 1962

Mother Belle with baby Packy

Portland’s Asian elephant  Packy is the first elephant to be born in the
Western Hemisphere and is the tallest and oldest male in the U.S. His
mother, Belle, came from Thailand and died, April 22, 1997 and his
father was Thonglaw, he was born in Cambodia and died November
25, 1974.

Packy’s first birthday party