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James W Foster 1879 - 1987

James W Foster of Washington, District of Columbia County, DC was born on April 22, 1879, and died at age 108 years old in December 1987.

James W Foster
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In 1879, in the year that James W Foster 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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Beahm, Nancy (Born Feb 23, 1857) Foster, Stanley (Born Jan 4, 1903) Foster, Elzora (Born Nov 6, 1890) Foster, Martha (Born Jan 1851) Foster, Jake (Born Sep 20, 1901) Foster, Bessie Foster, Etta (Born Oct 1, 1868) Foster, Ruben (Nov 18, 1885 - May 1969) Foster, Louise (Born 1891) Foster, James Welcome (Born Jan 19, 1867)
Foster, Francis (Born Jun 12, 1851) Foster, Richard (Born Mar 25, 1858) Foster, James (Mar 2, 1827 - Oct 10, 1887) Foster, Harriet (Born Jan 5, 1840) Foster, Robert (Born Feb 13, 1838) Mclain, Georgianna Foster, Emily (Born Dec 22, 1922) Foster, Luther (Born Nov 5, 1916) Foster, Levi (Born Sep 16, 1890) Foster, Lucinda (Born Jan 26, 1867)
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