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Sylvestre Torres 1884 - 1970

Sylvestre Torres of Port Hueneme, Ventura County, California was born on December 31, 1884, and died at age 85 years old in February 1970.
Sylvestre Torres
Port Hueneme, Ventura County, California 93041
December 31, 1884
February 1970
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  • 12/31
    1884

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    December 31, 1884
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  • 02/dd
    1970

    Death

    February 1970
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    Sylvestre Torres lived 17 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 85.
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In 1884, in the year that Sylvestre Torres 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 1896, Sylvestre was only 12 years old when in April, the first study on global warming due to CO2 - carbon dioxide - in the atmosphere was published by Swedish scientist Svante Arrhenius. Arrhenius concluded that human activity due to the Industrial Revolution would amplify CO2 in the atmosphere, causing a greenhouse effect. His conclusions have been extensively tested in the ensuing 100+ years and are still seen to hold true.
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