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Merritt P Sperry 1914 - 1996

Merritt P Sperry of Fairmont, Martin County, MN was born on March 23, 1914, and died at age 82 years old on June 27, 1996.
Merritt P Sperry
Fairmont, Martin County, MN 56031
March 23, 1914
June 27, 1996
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Merritt P Sperry's History: 1914 - 1996

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  • 03/23
    1914

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    March 23, 1914
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  • 06/27
    1996

    Death

    June 27, 1996
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    Merritt P Sperry lived 8 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 82.
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In 1914, in the year that Merritt P Sperry was born, in June, Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria was assassinated by a Yugoslavian national. Austria-Hungary delivered an ultimatum to Serbia. Other major powers took sides - and World War I began: Austria declared war on Serbia; Germany on Russia and France; Britain on Germany . . . and on it went until most of the world was embroiled in the war.
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In 1938, at the age of 24 years old, Merritt was alive when on June 25th (a Saturday) the Fair Labor Standards Act was signed into law by President Roosevelt (along with 120 other bills). The Act banned oppressive child labor, set the minimum hourly wage at 25 cents, and established the maximum workweek at 44 hours. It faced a lot of opposition and in fighting for it, Roosevelt said "Do not let any calamity-howling executive with an income of $1,000 a day, ...tell you...that a wage of $11 a week is going to have a disastrous effect on all American industry."
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