In 1981, what famous American's dentures were stolen from the National Museum of American History in Washington D.C.?

Friar Tuck

Friar Tuck says: Are you sure about the date and location as http://www.goodteeth.com/gwteeth.htm has the following: - President Washington lost his teeth at a relatively early age. He suffered from poor dental health throughout his younger years. He had two sets of false teeth (dentures) made by the most prominent American dentist of his day, Dr. John Greenwood. They were carved from the finest hippopotamus ivory and gold. One of the sets was donated to the University of Maryland Dental School in Baltimore, the oldest dental college in the world. The dental school in turn loaned one of the dentures to the Smithsonian in 1976 for a bicentennial exhibit. The denture was stolen from a storage area of the Smithsonian (presumably for its gold content) and has never been recovered. Thu Feb 13 02:17:49 CST 2003 Having been there, I should have remembered that the National Museum of American History is part of the Smithsonian, so it is only the date that is in doubt. Thu Feb 13 02:20:20 CST 2003 (Reposted as one entry - McG) Feb 20 03, 10:42 AM

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