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Ernest Cornish 1886 - 1977

Ernest Cornish of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania was born on April 12, 1886, and died at age 91 years old in December 1977.

Ernest Cornish

Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania 19146

April 12, 1886

December 1977

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April 12, 1886

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December 1977

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Ernest Cornish lived 19 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 91.

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In 1886, in the year that Ernest Cornish 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 1933, at the age of 47 years old, Ernest was alive when on December 5th, the Twenty-first Amendment to the United States Constitution was ratified. The 21st Amendment said "The eighteenth article of amendment to the Constitution of the United States is hereby repealed." Alcohol was legal again! It was the only amendment to the Constitution approved for the explicit purpose of repealing a previously existing amendment. South Carolina was the only state to reject the Amendment.

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