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George Williams 1879 - 1978

George Williams of Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California was born on July 14, 1879, and died at age 98 years old in January 1978.
George Williams
Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California 90815
July 14, 1879
January 1978
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    1879

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    July 14, 1879
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    1978

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    January 1978
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    George Williams lived 28 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 98.
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In 1879, in the year that George Williams was born, on October 22nd, Thomas Edison tested the first practical electric light bulb. Lasting 13½ hours before burning out, it used a "a carbon filament or strip coiled and connected to platina contact wires". He applied for a patent on November 4th, receiving the patent in January 1880.
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In 1884, when he was merely 5 years old, on May 1st, the Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions - a US association - first resolved that "eight hours shall constitute a legal day's labour from and after May 1, 1886, and that we recommend to labour organisations throughout this jurisdiction that they so direct their laws as to conform to this resolution by the time named." Previously, workdays would consist of 10 to 16 hours a day - 6 days a week. It would take years before the 8 hour workday became common practice - and longer before it became a law.
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