Mary Cleary (1859 - 1949)

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Purcell Michael Cleary

Ann Ryan Cleary

Mary Cleary

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Purcell Michael Cleary

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Ann Ryan Cleary

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Peter McAleer

Verne E. Baldauf

Geraldine F Wademan family

Brian Maurice Cleary

Jennifer Robyn Cleary

Matthew Raymond Cleary

Thomas Henry Cleary

the wedding 1913

william cleary family marquette, mich

Jr. Waverly and Annabelle in Denver, CO

Irish Grandfather Ancestor

Cleary Wedding

Cleary Clan, WI 1902

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In 1859, in the year that Mary Cleary was born, from August 28th through September 2nd, the largest solar storm recorded - the solar storm of 1859 - occurred. The Northern lights were seen as far south as Cuba and it knocked out telegraph communications.

In 1863, Mary was just 4 years old when on October 3rd, during the middle of the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln created a national Thanksgiving day. Thanksgiving was to be celebrated on the final Thursday of November in 1863. In the U.S., Thanksgiving has been celebrated in November ever since.

In 1886, Mary was 27 years old when on February 14th, the first train left Los Angeles for the East -by the way of the transcontinental railroad - with a cargo of oranges. Due to irrigation and the import of water, Los Angeles was the ideal place to grow oranges - which became a popular addition to Christmas stockings.

In 1938, Mary was 79 years old when on June 25th (a Saturday) the Fair Labor Standards Act was signed into law by President Roosevelt (along with 120 other bills). The Act banned oppressive child labor, set the minimum hourly wage at 25 cents, and established the maximum workweek at 44 hours. It faced a lot of opposition and in fighting for it, Roosevelt said "Do not let any calamity-howling executive with an income of $1,000 a day, ...tell you...that a wage of $11 a week is going to have a disastrous effect on all American industry."

In 1949, in the year of Mary Cleary's passing, on April 4th, NATO (the North Atlantic Treaty Organization) was established. Twelve nations originally signed the North Atlantic Treaty - the United States, Great Britain, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Denmark, Italy, Luxembourg, Norway, Iceland, Canada, and Portugal. Greece, Turkey, and West Germany later joined. Today, there are 26 nations in NATO.