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Austin Shorten 1924 - 1972

Austin Shorten was born on March 1, 1924, and died at age 48 years old in October 1972. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Austin Shorten.
Austin Shorten
March 1, 1924
October 1972
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Austin Shorten's History: 1924 - 1972

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  • 03/1
    1924

    Birthday

    March 1, 1924
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  • 10/dd
    1972

    Death

    October 1972
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    Austin Shorten lived 24 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 48.
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In 1924, in the year that Austin Shorten 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, Austin was just 14 years old when 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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