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Wiley Cox 1884 - 1967

Wiley Cox of Roanoke, Roanoke City County, Virginia was born on April 8, 1884, and died at age 83 years old in October 1967.
Wiley Cox
Roanoke, Roanoke City County, Virginia 24015
April 8, 1884
October 1967
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Wiley Cox's History: 1884 - 1967

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  • 04/8
    1884

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    April 8, 1884
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  • 10/dd
    1967

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    October 1967
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    Wiley Cox lived 11 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 83.
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In 1884, in the year that Wiley Cox 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 1891, at the age of just 7 years old, Wiley was alive when James Naismith, at the Springfield Massachusetts YMCA, invented the game of basketball. Originally using two peach baskets and a soccer ball, he created the game to keep his students active during the long, harsh New England winters.
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