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Laban Gates 1884 - 1969

Laban Gates of Sitka, Sitka County, Alaska was born on February 15, 1884, and died at age 85 years old in April 1969.
Laban Gates
Sitka, Sitka County, Alaska 99835
February 15, 1884
April 1969
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Laban Gates' History: 1884 - 1969

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  • 02/15
    1884

    Birthday

    February 15, 1884
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  • 04/dd
    1969

    Death

    April 1969
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    Laban Gates lived 12 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 85.
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In 1884, in the year that Laban Gates 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 1934, he was 50 years old when on November 11th 1933, an extremely strong dust storm hit South Dakota, stripping topsoil. Other strong dust storms had occurred during 1933. Severe droughts continued to hit the Great Plains and the dust storms devastated agricultural production as well as people's' lives for several years. The Roosevelt administration and scientists eventually determined that farming practices had caused the conditions that led to the dust storms and the changes they implemented in farming stopped the Dust Bowl.
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