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Hillery Gist 1886 - 1987

Hillery Gist of Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana was born on April 5, 1886, and died at age 101 years old in November 1987.
Hillery Gist
Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana 46231
April 5, 1886
November 1987
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    1886

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    April 5, 1886
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  • 11/dd
    1987

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    November 1987
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    Hillery Gist lived 30 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 101.
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In 1886, in the year that Hillery Gist was born, on May 4th, a general strike began in Chicago. Workers were striking for an 8 hour workday and in protest of the killing - by police - of several workers the day before. When an unknown person threw a dynamite bomb, the strike became violent. Seven policemen were killed as well as 4 civilians. It became known as the Haymarket Riot and eventually resulted in an 8 hourwork day as well as commemorations on May 1st for worker's rights.
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In 1897, by the time this person was just 11 years old, 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".
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