Gordon Roberts (1897 - 1966)

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Mildred M. (Roberts) Patenaude

Added: Jun 18, 2020

Mildred M. (Roberts) Patenaude

Added: Jun 18, 2020

Mattie Roberts

Added: Nov 23, 2019

George Roberts

Added: Feb 05, 2019

Needham Roberts and Henry Johnson

Added: Feb 05, 2019

Garry Marshall and Julia Roberts

Added: Dec 19, 2018

Ronald Lee Roberts Gravesite

Added: Nov 17, 2018

Ronald Lee Roberts Gravesite

Added: Oct 23, 2018

Lura Roberts Been

Added: Aug 06, 2018

Roberts Family - 4 Generations

Added: May 20, 2018

Lola B Bowman

Added: Feb 17, 2018

Lola B Bowman

Added: Feb 17, 2018

John Roberts, age 17

Added: Nov 23, 2016

Paul V. Roberts

Added: Nov 15, 2016

Paul V. Roberts

Added: Nov 15, 2016

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In 1897, in the year that Gordon Roberts was born, on September 21st, editor and publisher Francis P. Church responded to a letter to the editor from Virginia O'Hanlon, 8 years old. Virginia's father had told her that "If you see it in The Sun, it's so." So she wrote to the Sun, asking if there was a Santa Claus. Church responded with the now famous editorial "Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus".

In 1914, when he was 17 years old, 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.

In 1938, when he was 41 years old, 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."

In 1940, he was 43 years old when on July 27th, the cartoon character Bugs Bunny debuted in his first film A Wild Hare - voiced by Mel Blanc. He has since appeared in more short films, feature films, compilations, TV series, music records, comic books, video games, award shows, amusement park rides, and commercials than any other cartoon character. He even has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. "What's up, Doc?"

In 1966, in the year of Gordon Roberts's passing, on September 8th, the first Star Trek episode, "The Man Trap," was broadcast on NBC. The plot concerned a creature that sucked salt from human bodies. The original series only aired for 3 seasons due to low ratings.