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Bernard Briske 1884 - 1963

Bernard Briske of Minnesota was born on August 4, 1884, and died at age 78 years old in April 1963.
Bernard Briske
Minnesota
August 4, 1884
April 1963
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Bernard Briske's History: 1884 - 1963

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  • 08/4
    1884

    Birthday

    August 4, 1884
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  • 04/dd
    1963

    Death

    April 1963
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    Cause of death
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    Bernard Briske lived 5 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 78.
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In 1884, in the year that Bernard Briske 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 1911, when he was 27 years old, the United States Supreme Court broke up Standard Oil in May. John D. Rockefeller established Standard Oil in 1870 and it was the largest oil refinery at the time. The Supreme Court found that Standard Oil of New Jersey (one of the many iterations of Standard Oil) was guilty of "monopolizing the petroleum industry through a series of abusive and anticompetitive actions". The Court broke up the several entities that comprised Standard Oil and they eventually became competing firms.
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