Robert Hays Fulbright (1921 - 1983)

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Robert's Parents

Robert Yount Fulbright

Gladys Hays Fulbright

Robert Hays Fulbright

Elizabeth Fulbright

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Robert Yount Fulbright

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Gladys Hays Fulbright

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Siblings:

Elizabeth Fulbright

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Robert Hays Fulbright & Willa Rose Randolph Fulbright

Robert Hays Fulbright

Willa Rose Randolph Fulbright

Dee Ann Fulbright

Lynn Ellen Fulbright

Spouse:

Willa Rose Randolph Fulbright

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Children:

Dee Ann Fulbright

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Lynn Ellen Fulbright

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Mary Ellen Mcshane

Mrs. Fulbright

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In 1921, in the year that Robert Hays Fulbright was born, hugely popular Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle, silent film star, was arrested for rape and manslaughter after an actress died following a party at his house. He was acquitted after three trials and the jury wrote a formal letter apologizing for the charges, but his career never recovered. His films were at first banned - the ban was lifted after a year - and he was mostly ostracized by the community. He died at 46..

In 1934, when he was only 13 years old, on June 6th, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission was formed as a response to the stock market crash of 1929 and the continuing Great Depression. Previously, the states regulated the offering and sales of stocks - called "blue sky" laws. They were largely ineffective. Roosevelt created a group (one member was Joseph Kennedy, father of the future President Kennedy) who knew Wall Street well and they defined the mission and operating mode for the SEC. The new organization had broad and stringent rules and oversight and restored public confidence in the stock market in the United States.

In 1945, when he was 24 years old, on May 7th, the Supreme Court ruled in the case of Jewell Ridge Coal Corp. v. United Mine Workers of America. The Court ruled that the underground travel time of coal miners was compensable work time under the Fair Labor Standards Act.

In 1959, he was 38 years old when on January 3rd, Alaska became the 49th state of the United States and the first state not a part of the contiguous United States. The flag was changed to display 49 stars.

In 1983, in the year of Robert Hays Fulbright's passing, physicist Sally K. Ride, 32, became the first US woman astronaut in space as a crew member aboard space shuttle Challenger on June 18th. She was also the youngest (32) astronaut to go into space. Soviet cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova was the first woman in space in 1963.