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Robert L Thornton 1917 - 1989

Robert L Thornton of Montclair, Essex County, NJ was born on March 12, 1917, and died at age 71 years old on January 14, 1989.
Robert L Thornton
Montclair, Essex County, NJ 07042
March 12, 1917
January 14, 1989
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  • 03/12
    1917

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    March 12, 1917
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  • 01/14
    1989

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    January 14, 1989
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    Robert L Thornton lived exactly as long as the average family member when died at the age of 71.
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In 1917, in the year that Robert L Thornton was born, Russian government offices were seized and the Romanov's Winter Palace was stormed in the Russian February and October Revolutions. The February revolution resulted in the abdication of Tsar Nicholas and a coalition of the Parliament and workers parties taking control of the government. The October revolution resulted in Lenin and the Bolsheviks taking complete control.
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In 1938, when he was 21 years old, 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."
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