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John Holmstrom 1884 - 1979

John Holmstrom of Rice Lake, Barron County, Wisconsin was born on December 4, 1884, and died at age 94 years old in February 1979.
John Holmstrom
Rice Lake, Barron County, Wisconsin 54868
December 4, 1884
February 1979
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John Holmstrom's History: 1884 - 1979

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    1884

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    December 4, 1884
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  • 02/dd
    1979

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    February 1979
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    John Holmstrom lived 18 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 94.
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In 1884, in the year that John Holmstrom 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 1905, by the time he was 21 years old, the first movie theater opened in the United States in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It was the first theater to show nothing but movies - silent films. Two men, John P. Harris and his brother-in-law Harry Davis, opened the Nickelodeon on Smithfield Street - charging 5 cents for admission. The first day, 450 people watched movies at the new theater - on the second day, more than 1500 people stood in line to get in.
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