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James Thorton 1921 - 1987

James Thorton of Parkton, Robeson County, North Carolina was born on November 3, 1921, and died at age 65 years old in August 1987.

James Thorton

Parkton, Robeson County, North Carolina 28371

November 3, 1921

August 1987

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James Thorton lived 1 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 65.

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In 1921, in the year that James Thorton was born, the silent film The Sheik, directed by George Melford and starring Rudolph Valentino and Agnes Ayres (also featuring Adolphe Menjou) debuted on October 21st. Critics weren't enthusiastic but the public loved it - in the first few weeks 125,000 people had seen the movie - and it eventually exceeded $1 million in ticket sales. And Rudolph Valentino, an Italian American, became the heartthrob of a female generation.

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In 1933, when he was just 12 years old, Frances Perkins became the first woman to hold a cabinet-level position, appointed by President Roosevelt to serve as Secretary of Labor. She told him that her priorities would be a 40-hour work week, a minimum wage, unemployment compensation, worker’s compensation, abolition of child labor, direct federal aid to the states for unemployment relief, Social Security, a revitalized federal employment service, and universal health insurance. President Roosevelt approved of all of them and most them were implemented during his terms as President. She served until his death in 1945.

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