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William Michael Watkins

William Michael Watkins was born on June 28, 1938 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania United States. He married Virginia Mary Watkins in 1971 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County. They had children Allison Jane Dunham and Matthew Moore Watkins. He was the parent of William Henry Watkins.
William Michael Watkins
June 28, 1938
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, United States
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In 1938, in the year that William Michael Watkins was born, 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."
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In 1942, on November 28th at 10:15p, a nightclub in Boston, the Cocoanut Grove, caught fire. The origins of the fire are unknown but it killed 492 people - the deadliest nightclub fire in U.S. history. Hundreds more were injured. The disaster was so shocking that it replaced World War II in the headlines and lead to reforms in safety standards and codes.
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Virginia Mary Watkins

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William Michael Watkins

1971
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Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania United States
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William Michael Watkins

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