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Oscar Harley Walton 1884

Oscar Harley Walton was born on September 16, 1884 in Daylesford, Hepburn Shire County, VIC Australia to Mary Elizabeth (Rowell) Walton, and has siblings Wilfred Clayton Walton, Egbert Stafford Walton, Rupert Dane Walton, Charles Walton, George Harold Walton, Sarah Came Walton, Thomas Rowell Walton, Nellie Laura Walton, and Charles Henry (Fuller) Walton. Oscar Walton died in Daylesford.
Oscar Harley Walton
September 16, 1884
Daylesford, Hepburn Shire County, VIC, 3460, Australia
Daylesford, Hepburn Shire County, VIC, 3460, Australia
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In 1884, in the year that Oscar Harley Walton 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 1896, on August 17th, the first pedestrian v car fatality occurred in Great Britain. Bridget Driscoll, age 44, was walking with her family on the grounds of The Crystal Palace in London when she was hit by a car driven by Arthur James Edsall. Edsall claimed to be going 4.5 mph and Driscoll's death was ruled an "accidental death" after an inquest.
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