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Percival Harris 1884 - 1957

Percival Harris of Park Australia was born in 1884 to Frederick Wi Harris and Elizabeth J Williams Harris. He had siblings Edith Mary Harris, Bertha Elizabeth Harris, and Albert Plowman Harris. Percival Harris died at age 73 years old in 1957 in Park.

Percival Harris

Park Australia

1884

1957

Park, Australia

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1957

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In 1884, in the year that Percival Harris 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 1914, he was 30 years old when in August, the Panama Canal opened to traffic. Begun by the French in the 1880's and abandoned, the United States undertook further construction in 1904. After 10 years, and the elimination of malaria carrying mosquitoes (which caused immense delays for the French and the Americans), the 48 mile long artificial waterway - a series of locks - created a shortcut for ships traveling between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.

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