Rolf Retz (1899 - 1987)
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1899 - In the year that Rolf Retz was born, the meaning of Chinese "oracle bones" was rediscovered. Farmers in China had been turning up the bones in their fields for generations but most often they were ground up and sold as medicine. The chancellor of the Imperial Academy and a friend noticed, before they ground the bones, that they had writing. The bones had been used around the second millennium BC for divination.
1927 - Rolf was 28 years old when in September, the Columbia Broadcasting System (later called CBS) became the second national radio network in the U.S. The first broadcast was a presentation by the Howard Barlow Orchestra from radio station WOR in Newark, New Jersey.
1938 - By the time he was 39 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."
1986 - He was 87 years old when on September 8th, the Oprah Winfrey Show went into national syndication. A popular talk show, it was number 1 in the ratings since its debut. The last show aired on May 25, 2011.
1987 - In the year of Rolf Retz's passing, was the first time that a criminal in the United States - a serial rapist - was convicted through the use of DNA evidence.
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Rolf Retz died in November 1987 at age 87. There is no listed cause of death for Rolf. He was born on November 11, 1899. We are unaware of information about Rolf's family or relationships. We know that Rolf Retz had been residing in La Crosse, La Porte County, Indiana.Memories
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