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Virgil Martin 1884 - 1962

Virgil Martin of Wisconsin was born on August 18, 1884, and died at age 77 years old in July 1962.
Virgil Martin
Wisconsin
August 18, 1884
July 1962
Male
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  • 08/18
    1884

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    August 18, 1884
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  • 07/dd
    1962

    Death

    July 1962
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    Virgil Martin lived 5 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 77.
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In 1884, in the year that Virgil Martin 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 1909, Virgil was 25 years old when the New York Times published the first movie review. It was a report on D.W. Griffith's movie "Pippa Passes" also called "The Song of Conscience", a silent film. The review said that this work was moving away from "lurid material that attracted the wrath of censors and concerned citizens and toward more respectable ends. The movie was the story of a young female factory worker, on her day off, wandering and singing - thus changing the hearts of those around her towards good.
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