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Mat Poliak 1886 - 1970

Mat Poliak of Nokomis, Montgomery County, Illinois was born on January 31, 1886, and died at age 84 years old in December 1970.
Mat Poliak
Nokomis, Montgomery County, Illinois 62075
January 31, 1886
December 1970
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Mat Poliak's History: 1886 - 1970

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    1886

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    January 31, 1886
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  • 12/dd
    1970

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    December 1970
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    Mat Poliak lived 11 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 84.
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In 1886, in the year that Mat Poliak was born, on May 4th, a general strike began in Chicago. Workers were striking for an 8 hour workday and in protest of the killing - by police - of several workers the day before. When an unknown person threw a dynamite bomb, the strike became violent. Seven policemen were killed as well as 4 civilians. It became known as the Haymarket Riot and eventually resulted in an 8 hourwork day as well as commemorations on May 1st for worker's rights.
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In 1920, by the time he was 34 years old, on January 1, over 6000 people were arrested and put in prison because they were suspected of being communists. . Many had to be released in a few weeks and only 3 guns were found in their homes. The U.S. Department of Justice "red hunt" netted thousands of "radicals" and suspected "communists" and aliens were deported. But the "hunt" ended after Attorney General Palmer forecast a massive radical uprising on May Day and the day passed without incident.
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