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Fira Shamis 1938 - 2008

Fira Shamis of Brooklyn, Kings County, NY was born on March 28, 1938, and died at age 69 years old on March 21, 2008.
Fira Shamis
Brooklyn, Kings County, NY 11235
March 28, 1938
March 21, 2008
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  • 03/28
    1938

    Birthday

    March 28, 1938
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  • 03/21
    2008

    Death

    March 21, 2008
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    Fira Shamis lived 7 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 69.
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In 1938, in the year that Fira Shamis was born, 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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In 1943, Fira was merely 5 years old when on March 31st, the Broadway musical Oklahoma! opened. Written by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II (the first of their string of successful collaborations), audiences loved it. The musical ran for 2,212 performances originally and was made into a movie in 1954.
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