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William Wood 1874 - 1968

William Wood of Alamo, Contra Costa County, California was born on November 2, 1874, and died at age 93 years old in October 1968.
William Wood
Alamo, Contra Costa County, California 94507
November 2, 1874
October 1968
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    1874

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    November 2, 1874
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    1968

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    October 1968
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In 1874, in the year that William Wood was born, on May 20th, Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis were approved for a patent for "blue jeans with copper rivets". They charged $13.50 per dozen jeans. Although the term "jeans" was first used in 1795 - in Italy - using rivets to reinforce stress points in jeans such as pockets and the bottom of the fly was an original idea..
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In 1886, he was merely 12 years old when on May 4th, a general strike began in Chicago. Workers were striking for an 8 hour workday and in protest of the killing - by police - of several workers the day before. When an unknown person threw a dynamite bomb, the strike became violent. Seven policemen were killed as well as 4 civilians. It became known as the Haymarket Riot and eventually resulted in an 8 hourwork day as well as commemorations on May 1st for worker's rights.
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