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Benjamin Neilson 1886 - 1972

Benjamin Neilson of Saint Petersburg, Pinellas County, FL was born on September 23, 1886, and died at age 85 years old in May 1972.
Benjamin Neilson
Saint Petersburg, Pinellas County, FL 33701
September 23, 1886
May 1972
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    1886

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    September 23, 1886
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    1972

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    May 1972
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    Benjamin Neilson lived 11 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 85.
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In 1886, in the year that Benjamin Neilson was born, on May 4th, a general strike began in Chicago. Workers were striking for an 8 hour workday and in protest of the killing - by police - of several workers the day before. When an unknown person threw a dynamite bomb, the strike became violent. Seven policemen were killed as well as 4 civilians. It became known as the Haymarket Riot and eventually resulted in an 8 hourwork day as well as commemorations on May 1st for worker's rights.
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In 1909, by the time he was 23 years old, the New York Times published the first movie review. It was a report on D.W. Griffith's movie "Pippa Passes" also called "The Song of Conscience", a silent film. The review said that this work was moving away from "lurid material that attracted the wrath of censors and concerned citizens and toward more respectable ends. The movie was the story of a young female factory worker, on her day off, wandering and singing - thus changing the hearts of those around her towards good.
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