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Basil Brown 1914 - 1988

Basil Brown of Chicago, Cook County, IL was born on October 19, 1914, and died at age 73 years old on August 12, 1988.
Basil Brown
Chicago, Cook County, IL 60619
October 19, 1914
August 12, 1988
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  • 10/19
    1914

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    October 19, 1914
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  • 08/12
    1988

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    August 12, 1988
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    Basil Brown lived 2 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 73.
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In 1914, in the year that Basil Brown was born, President Woodrow Wilson signed a proclamation designating Mother's Day, the second Sunday in May, as a national holiday to honor mothers. Anna Jarvis had championed a Mother's Day for years but Congress had joked a few years earlier that then they would have to proclaim a "Mother-in-law's Day" as well. The President who championed a woman's right to vote also created a day in their honor.
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In 1938, he was 24 years old when on June 25th (a Saturday) the Fair Labor Standards Act was signed into law by President Roosevelt (along with 120 other bills). The Act banned oppressive child labor, set the minimum hourly wage at 25 cents, and established the maximum workweek at 44 hours. It faced a lot of opposition and in fighting for it, Roosevelt said "Do not let any calamity-howling executive with an income of $1,000 a day, ...tell you...that a wage of $11 a week is going to have a disastrous effect on all American industry."
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