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Harry Bassett 1884 - 1981

Harry Bassett of Royal Oak, Oakland County, Michigan was born on September 4, 1884, and died at age 96 years old in February 1981.
Harry Bassett
Royal Oak, Oakland County, Michigan 48073
September 4, 1884
February 1981
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Harry Bassett's History: 1884 - 1981

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    1884

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    September 4, 1884
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  • 02/dd
    1981

    Death

    February 1981
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    Harry Bassett lived 22 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 96.
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In 1884, in the year that Harry Bassett was born, 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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In 1909, at the age of 25 years old, Harry was alive when 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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