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Walter Sims 1884 - 1965

Walter Sims of Tennessee was born on September 29, 1884, and died at age 80 years old in January 1965.
Walter Sims
Tennessee
September 29, 1884
January 1965
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Walter Sims' History: 1884 - 1965

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  • 09/29
    1884

    Birthday

    September 29, 1884
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  • 01/dd
    1965

    Death

    January 1965
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    Walter Sims lived 10 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 80.
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In 1884, in the year that Walter Sims 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 1897, at the age of just 13 years old, Walter was alive when on July 17th, the Klondike Gold Rush began when the first successful prospectors returned to Seattle after mining in the Yukon. They arrived on the ships Excelsior and Portland, bringing vast quantities of gold - over $32,000,000 in today's money - and everyone rushed to become rich in the Yukon.
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