In 1994, in the year of Alfred J Hanlon's passing, on May 6th, former political prisoner, lawyer, and activist Nelson Mandela was elected the first black President of South Africa. Representative from Georgia) and crew were killed. spy plane, the passenger jet was shot down by a Soviet SU-15 fighter - after it had tracked the airliner for two hours. Saying that they believed it to be a U.S. In 1983, Alfred was 65 years old when on August 30th, the Soviet Union claimed that a South Korean Boeing 747 jetliner (Flight 007), bound for Seoul from New York City, had strayed into Soviet airspace. He was released in 1962 after 1 year, 9 months and 10 days in prison. claimed that the U-2 was a 'weather plane' but Powers was convicted in the Soviet Union of espionage. Powers ejected and survived but was captured. In 1960, at the age of 42 years old, Alfred was alive when on May 1st, an American CIA U-2 spy plane, piloted by Francis Gary Powers, was shot down by a surface-to-air missile over the Soviet Union. tell you.that a wage of $11 a week is going to have a disastrous effect on all American industry.' 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.

The Act banned oppressive child labor, set the minimum hourly wage at 25 cents, and established the maximum workweek at 44 hours. In 1938, by the time he was 20 years old, on June 25th (a Saturday) the Fair Labor Standards Act was signed into law by President Roosevelt (along with 120 other bills). In 1918, in the year that Alfred J Hanlon was born, federal spending was $12.68 billion, unemployment was 1.4% and the cost of a first-class stamp was 3 cents. Refresh this page to see various historical events that occurred during Alfred's lifetime.

The House of Living Death by Jon Hanlon