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Blaine Root 1884 - 1976

Blaine Root of Vermillion, Clay County, South Dakota was born on September 29, 1884, and died at age 91 years old in February 1976.
Blaine Root
Vermillion, Clay County, South Dakota 57069
September 29, 1884
February 1976
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Blaine Root's History: 1884 - 1976

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  • 09/29
    1884

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    September 29, 1884
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  • 02/dd
    1976

    Death

    February 1976
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    Blaine Root lived 17 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 91.
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In 1884, in the year that Blaine Root 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 1904, when he was 20 years old, the Russo-Japanese war began. The Russian Empire and the Japanese Empire began fighting over the territories of Manchuria and Korea. Russia wanted a warm water port on the Pacific Ocean while Japan feared growing encroachment from Russia into Asia. So the Japan fleet launched a surprise attack on the Russian Navy and a one year war began. President Roosevelt of the United States brokered peace between the two nations. It was the first time in the modern era that an Asian power showed its dominance over a European power.
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