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William Ridgely 1924 - 2010

William Ridgely of Mount Airy, Frederick County, District Of Columbia was born on December 27, 1924, and died at age 85 years old on August 6, 2010.
William Ridgely
Mount Airy, Frederick County, District Of Columbia 21771
December 27, 1924
August 6, 2010
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  • 12/27
    1924

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    December 27, 1924
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  • 08/6
    2010

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    August 6, 2010
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    William Ridgely lived 11 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 85.
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In 1924, in the year that William Ridgely was born, on January 21st, Vladimir Lenin, a leader of the Russian Revolution and the first leader of the Soviet Union died. He had survived two assassination attempts but had subsequent physical problems, suffering 3 strokes. He was in such great pain, it is said that he asked Stalin to poison him. The circumstances of his death are still disputed. He did oppose Stalin as the next leader - nonetheless, Stalin won a power struggle and ruled as a Soviet dictator until his death in 1953.
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In 1938, when he was merely 14 years old, 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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