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Orion C Wilcox 1911 - 2006

Orion C Wilcox of Edmond, Oklahoma County, OK was born on May 23, 1911, and died at age 95 years old on December 2, 2006.
Orion C Wilcox
Edmond, Oklahoma County, OK 73013
May 23, 1911
December 2, 2006
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Orion C Wilcox's History: 1911 - 2006

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  • 05/23
    1911

    Birthday

    May 23, 1911
    Birthdate
    Unknown
    Birthplace
  • Ethnicity & Family History

    White, Citizen
  • Nationality & Locations

    Oklahoma County, Oklahoma United States
  • Early Life & Education

    1 Year Of College
  • Military Service

    Military serial#: 38694623 Enlisted: April 7, 1944 in Ft Sill Oklahoma Military branch: No Branch Assignment Rank: Private, Selectees (enlisted Men) Terms of enlistment: Enlistment For The Duration Of The War Or Other Emergency, Plus Six Months, Subject To The Discretion Of The President Or Otherwise According To Law
  • Professional Career

    Skilled Painters, Construction And Maintenance
  • 12/2
    2006

    Death

    December 2, 2006
    Death date
    Unknown
    Cause of death
    Unknown
    Death location
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In 1911, in the year that Orion C Wilcox was born, the United States Supreme Court broke up Standard Oil in May. John D. Rockefeller established Standard Oil in 1870 and it was the largest oil refinery at the time. The Supreme Court found that Standard Oil of New Jersey (one of the many iterations of Standard Oil) was guilty of "monopolizing the petroleum industry through a series of abusive and anticompetitive actions". The Court broke up the several entities that comprised Standard Oil and they eventually became competing firms.
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In 1938, he was 27 years old 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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