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Walter Obrien 1900 - 1978

Walter Obrien of Oak Park, Cook County, Illinois was born on October 13, 1900, and died at age 77 years old in July 1978.
Walter Obrien
Oak Park, Cook County, Illinois 60302
October 13, 1900
July 1978
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Walter Obrien's History: 1900 - 1978

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    1900

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    October 13, 1900
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  • 07/dd
    1978

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    July 1978
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    Walter Obrien lived 3 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 77.
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In 1900, in the year that Walter Obrien was born, when Floradora opened on Broadway. A huge success in London - opening in 1899 and running for 455 performances - the musical was even more successful in New York - running for 552 performances. The "Floradora girls" were the hit of the show - a "sextette of tall, gorgeous damsels, clad in pink walking costumes, black picture hats and carrying frilly parasols who swished onto the stage and captivated New York for no other reason than they were utterly stunning" ("tall and gorgeous" translated to 5'4"). A sensation, each Floradora girl was said to have married a millionaire.
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In 1933, Walter was 33 years old when the day after being inaugurated, the new President, Franklin Roosevelt, declared a four-day bank holiday to stop people from withdrawing their money from shaky banks (the bank run). Within 5 days of his administration, the Emergency Banking Act was passed - reorganizing banks and closing insolvent ones. In his first 100 days, he asked Congress to repeal Prohibition (which they did), signed the Tennessee Valley Authority Act, signed legislation that paid commodity farmers to leave their fields fallow, thus ending surpluses and boosting prices, signed a bill that gave workers the right to unionize and bargain collectively for higher wages and better working conditions as well as suspending some antitrust laws and establishing a federally funded Public Works Administration, and won passage of 12 other major laws that helped the economy.
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