Roy T Bird (1917 - 1995)

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Lovina O. (Bird) Whiteley

Added: Sep 05, 2018

Harry Bird

Added: Mar 03, 2017

Alfred George Pearce Bird gravesite

Added: Dec 02, 2014

Ann Elizabeth (Jones) Wilson, formerly Bird

Added: May 24, 2014

Stuart Rutherford Bird

Added: Oct 08, 2013

Pamela Jo Bird

Added: May 24, 2013

Ken Bowen - Fresno High School, 1959

Added: Oct 01, 2011

Julia ann Knapp Bird

Added: Feb 06, 2009

Mary MCCrae Bird

Added: Nov 14, 2003

Mrs. Bird

Added: Jul 04, 2002

Derwin Briggs, Grade 6

Added: May 06, 2002

Ragnhild Christopherson

Added: Mar 02, 2002

Clarence & Alma (Ellis) Bird

Added: Feb 13, 2002

James E. Bird and Sirena Alice Smith

Added: Dec 30, 2001

Joseph-Blanche

Added: Aug 09, 2001

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In 1917, in the year that Roy T Bird 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.

In 1938, he was 21 years old when 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."

In 1943, he was 26 years old when on March 31st, the Broadway musical Oklahoma! opened. Written by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II (the first of their string of successful collaborations), audiences loved it. The musical ran for 2,212 performances originally and was made into a movie in 1954.

In 1952, when he was 35 years old, on February 6th, George VI of England died from a coronary thrombosis and complications due to lung cancer. His eldest daughter, age 25, immediately ascended the throne as Elizabeth II and her coronation was on June 2 1953.

In 1995, in the year of Roy T Bird's passing, on October 16th, the Million Man March took place on the National Mall in Washington DC. The March was organized to address "the ills of black communities and call for unity and revitalization of African American communities". An estimated 850,000 people attended.