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Harry Fildes 1879 - 1971

Harry Fildes of Charleston, Coles County, Illinois was born on January 14, 1879, and died at age 92 years old in May 1971.
Harry Fildes
Charleston, Coles County, Illinois 61920
January 14, 1879
May 1971
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    1879

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    January 14, 1879
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  • 05/dd
    1971

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    May 1971
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    Harry Fildes lived 20 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 92.
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In 1879, in the year that Harry Fildes 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, by the time he was only 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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