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Laurence Cook 1884 - 1966

Laurence Cook of Louisville, Jefferson County, Georgia was born on January 31, 1884, and died at age 82 years old in October 1966.
Laurence Cook
Louisville, Jefferson County, Georgia 30434
January 31, 1884
October 1966
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Laurence Cook's History: 1884 - 1966

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    1884

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    January 31, 1884
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  • 10/dd
    1966

    Death

    October 1966
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    Laurence Cook lived 10 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 82.
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In 1884, in the year that Laurence Cook 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 1915, when he was 31 years old, the Germans first used poison gas as a weapon at the second Battle of Ypres during World War I. While noxious gases had been used since ancient times, this was the first use of poisonous gas - in this case, lethal chlorine gas - in modern war. Subsequently, the French and British - as well as the United States when they entered World War 1 - developed and used lethal gas in war.
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