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2003 Kamato Hongo, old man, world's oldest well-documented man for almost four years, dies at 116
2003 "Elizabeth ""Ma Pampo"" Israel", old woman, ", may have been world's oldest but ""undocumented"" person, ", dies at 128, disputed 2002 William Warfield, singer/teacher, Old Man River, dies at 82 2001 Carrie Donovan, editor/Old Navy icon, Vogue, dies at 73 2000 Eva Morris, really old woman, Oldest person in 2000, dies at 114 1998 Mary Kay LeTourneau, 36, former teacher, who violated probation by seeing 14 year old father of her baby, sentenced to 7 years 1998 Ricky Sanderson, stabbed 16-year old girl in NC, executed at 38 1997 "Old Neighborhood," opens at Booth Theater New York City 1997 Betty Shabazz, widow of Malcolm X, set afire by 12 year old grandson 1997 Span scientists announce new human species in 780,000 year old fossil 1997 69 year old Gordie Howe begins playing AHL game with Syracuse Crunch 1997 "Daytime to Remember" a series showing old soaps premieres on ABC-TV 1997 16th NCAA Women's Basketball Champion: Tennessee beats Old Dominion 68-59 1997 68 year old Gordie Howe signs AHL contract with Syracuse Crunch 1996 Cheyenne Pyle, California, youngest heart transplant patient, 90 minutes old 1996 15 day old siamese twins separated - Sarah Morales survives, Sarahi dies 1995 Lara completes 5th Test Cricket century, 145 at Old Trafford 1995 DC-9 crashes near Maria La Baya, Colombia: 51 die, 9 yr old girl lives 1994 Gas explosion at old age home in Milan, 27 killed 1993 Harry Bellaver, actor (Blue Collar, Old Man and the Sea), dies at 88 1993 Crickets Graham Gooch dismissed handled the ball vs. Australia, Old Trafford 1993 Farmer Sugeng finds 1.2 million year old Pithecanthropus IX skull 1993 16 year old Keron Thomas disguises himself as a motorman and takes New York City subway train and 2,000 passengers on a 3 hour ride 1993 South Africa White Wolves kill 5 year old black girl 1993 IRA-bomb kills 3 year old in Warrington England 1993 James Bulger, English child beaten to death at 2, by 10 yr old boys 1992 General Suwa finds tooth of 4.4 million year old Australopithecus ramidus 1992 Atlanta Braves win franchise record 98th game (old record 95 in 1957) 1992 Army refused to overturn 127 year old conviction against Dr. Mudd 1992 USPO announces young Elvis beats old Elvis stamp 1992 Minnesota Twin Bert Blyleven is 2nd to win as teenager and 40 year old 1992 Record 18 golfers shoot in 60s in Masters round 1 (old record 12) 1991 Florida Marlins sign their 1st player, 16 year old pitcher Clemente Nunez 1991 Test Cricket debut of Mike Whitney versus England at Old Trafford 1990 Curtis Lemay, nicknamed Old Iron Pants, General, United States Air Force, running mate for George Wallace, 1968, designed World War II strategic bombing campaign, led Berlin airlift, led firebombing of Tokyo, 22 medals and decorations, dies at age 83 1990 101 year old Sam Ackerman weds 95 year old Eva in New Rochelle, New York 1990 19 year old Pete Sampras beats Andre Agassi to win U.S. Open 1990 Judy Carne arrested at JFK airport on an 11 year old drug warrant 1990 42 year old George Foreman KOs George Cooney in 2 rounds 1989 14 year old actress Drew Barrymore, attempts suicide 1989 Congressman Lukins found guilty of having sex with a 16 year old girl 1989 23 year old olympic barefoot South African runner Zola Budd retires 1989 14 year old Scott Isaacs spells spoliator to win 1989 Spelling Bee 1989 29 year old French woman gives birth to sextuplets in Paris 1988 New York City 1st case of Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever (9 year old Bronx boy) 1988 Malcolm Marshall takes 7-22 at Old Trafford, England all out 93 1988 Parker Fennelly, actor (Kettles on Old MacDonald's Farm), dies at 96 1987 Detroit Tiger Darrell Evans is 1st 40 year old to hit 30 home runs 1987 15 yr old Michael Chang is youngest man to win U.S. Tennis Open match 1987 15-years old boy hijacks KLM B737, demands $1 billion 1987 Walter W. Heller, U.S. economist (Old Myths and New Realities), dies at 71 1985 Mary Joe Fernandez, 14 years and 8 days old is youngest to win a U.S. Tennis Open match (beats Sara Gomer in 1st round) 1985 Coca-Cola Co announces it will resume selling old formula Coke 1985 4th NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: Old Dominion beats Georgia 70-65 1984 Creosote bush determined to be 11,700 years old 1984 28 year old Chicagoan wins $40 million in Illinois state lottery 1984 6 year old Texan Stormie Jones gets 1st heart and liver transplant 1983 11 year old Samantha Smith of Manchester, Maine, leaves for U.S.S.R. 1983 Ringo releases "Old Wave" album in West Germany 1982 1st Old Timer's All star classic - AL wins 7-2 in Washington D.C. 1982 Old Dominion ends La Tech's women's basketball rec 54-game win streak 1981 Old Dutch Windmill in Golden Gate Park repaired and working again 1981 Botham scores a century in 86 balls vs. Australia at Old Trafford 1981 42 day old, 2nd major league baseball strike ends 1981 Fulton County (Atlanta) grand jury indicts Wayne B. William 23 year old photographers, for murder of 2 of 28 blacks killed in Atlanta 1981 1st homicide at Disneyland, 18 year old is stabbed to death 1981 Muhammad Ali talks a despondent 21 year old out of committing suicide 1980 Gabriella Brum, 18, of W Germany crowned 30th Miss World, she resigns the next day, because she wants to marry her 52 year old boyfriend 1980 John McEnroe and Bjorn Borg stage one of the greatest U.S. Open finals as 21 year old McEnroe fends off Borg to win his 2nd straight title 1979 16 yr old Tracy Austin defeats 14 yr old Andrea Jaeger at U.S. Open 1979 NFL fans (60,916) choose old Patriots logo over new 1979 Wings release "Old Siam, Sir" 1979 -52 degrees F (-47 degrees C), Old Forge, New York (state record) 1978 On Old Timer's Day, New York Yankees announce that Billy Martin will return as New York Yankee manager in 1980 and Bob Lemon will become General Manager 1978 At Old Timer's Game it's announced Martin will again manage Yankees 1977 Don Blackman, actor (Old Man and Sea, Desert Legion), dies at 65 1977 Chris Old completes a century in 37 minutes, Yorks vs. Warwicks 1976 England all out for 71 vs. WI at Old Trafford, Holding 14 5-7-17-5 1976 Johnny Mercer, U.S. songwriter (That old Black Magic), dies at 66 1974 During a David Cassidy concert in London a 14 year old is trampled 1974 Christian Barnard transplants 1st human heart without removal of old 1973 Houston Astro Caesar Cedino jailed in death of 19 year old woman 1973 Otto Eissfeldt, German old testament scholar, dies at 85 1972 Test Cricket debut of Tony Greig, vs. Australia at Old Trafford (57/62) 1971 Gerhard von Rad, German old testament expert, dies at 70 1971 19th Ryder Cup: U.S. beats Europe, 18 -13 at Old Warson CC Mo 1971 Amy Peistrup-Matthews, born in Arlington Heights, Illinois, WPVA, Old Orchard-17-1995 1970 Peter Yarrow (Peter, Paul and Mary) plead guilty to "taking immoral liberties" with a 14 year old girl 1969 Stanley Andrews, actor (Old Ranger-Death Valley Days), dies at 78 1969 Beatles release Ballad Of John and Yoko/Old Brown Shoe, in US 1969 Marriage of 12 year old Marcella Rosciglione in Palermo 1969 Lonnie Elder's "Ceremonies in Dark Old Men," premieres in New York City 1968 San Francisco's Old Hall of Justice demolished 1968 6 year old Tommy Moore scores hole-in-one in golf (Hagerstown, Maryland) 1966 50 year old Frank Sinatra marries 21 year old Mia Farrow in Las Vegas 1966 Last game at old Busch stadium, St. Louis Card lose 10-5 to SF 1966 AFL chooses 36 year old Al Davis as commissioner 1965 Alberto Vaccari, Italian jesuit/old testament scholar, dies at 90 1965 Neill Barry, New York City, actor, Old Enough, Heat 1965 60 year old Satchel Paige of Kansas City A's pitches 3 scoreless innings 1964 Bob Simpson out for 311 at Old Trafford 1964 Jan and Dean release "Little Old Lady From Pasadena" 1963 6 year old Donny Osmond singing debut on Andy Williams Show 1963 Jacobus JP Old, architect/co-founder (Stijl), dies at 73 1963 Jacobus JP Old, architect/co-founder (The Style), dies at 73 1962 Beatie Edney, born in London, England, actress, Diary of a Mad Old Man 1962 Russian newspaper Izvestia reports baseball is an old Russian game 1961 Benaud rips through England team for Aussie win at Old Trafford 1961 Old type, black and white notes cease to be legal tender 1960 Old handwriting found in at Qumran, near the Dead Sea 1960 1st redshank old world shore bird reported in North America (Halifax) 1959 Dr. Leakey discovers oldest human skull (600,000 years old) 1959 Cathryn Harrison, born in London, England, actress, Old Woman in Black Moon 1959 Irving Cummings Sr, actor and director (In Old Ariz), dies at 70 1959 Mohammed Zakaria Ghonein, discoverer of 6,000 yr old pyramid, dies 1958 Kevin Pollak, SF, comedian, Usual Suspects, Grumpy Old Men 1958 Dorothy Straight, 4 year old author, How World Begun 1956 Mark Collie, Waynesboro, Tennessee, country singer, Another Old Soldier 1953 Pulitzer prize awarded to E Hemingway (Old Man and The Sea) 1953 Derek Conway, born in Newcastle upon Tyne, England, Derek Leslie Conway, politician, Conservative Party, awarded Territorial Decoration, Member of Parliament for Old Bexley and Sidcup 1952 Ernest Hemmingway's "Old Man and Sea" published 1952 Freddie Trueman takes 8-31, India all out 58 at Old Trafford 1952 Alan Freed presents Moondog Coronation Ball at old Cleveland Arena, 25,000 attend 1st rock and roll concert ever 1951 Shah of Persia marries 19 year old Soraja Esfandiara Bakhtiari 1950 Baseball owners vote to drop 4-year old bonus and high school rule 1949 John Savage, Old Bethpage, New York, actor, Deer Hunter, Maria's Lovers 1948 Chris Old, cricketer, England medium-pacer of 70's 1948 28 year old British Mandate over Palestine ends 1947 Ben Webster, actor (Old Curiosity Shop), dies at 82 1946 Minister Drees begins emergency rule of old age facilities 1945 Tandy Cronyn, actress, Twisted, Guardian, Age Old Friends 1945 All old Dutch banknotes declared invalid 1945 Bob Cristofani scores 110 for Australia Services at Old Trafford 1944 Peter Cetera, born in Chicago, lead singer, Chicago-25 or 6 to 4, Old Days 1944 Tommy Brown, just 16 years and 8 months old, plays shortstop for Dodgers 1944 Youngest baseball player, Cincinnati Reds sign 15 year old Joe Nuxhall 1943 David Munden, born in England, played for the Tremeloes, a 50 year old band, Europe's longest playing rock and roll band 1943 Fire in decrepit old Gulf Hotel kills 45 (Houston Texas) 1943 Jewish old age home for disabled in Amsterdam raided 1943 Frieda Reiss, French 11 month old baby, murdered in Auschwitz 1942 Compulsory work for women, children and old males in Batavia 1941 Tommy Kirk, actor, Old Yeller 1941 101 year old Nyack-Tarrytown (NY) ferry makes it's last run 1941 Paul Peter Plishka, Old Forge Penn, bass, Bronx Botanical Gardens 1941 Joseph Kesselring's "Arsenic and Old Lace," premieres in New York City 1940 John Van Druten's "Old Acquaintance," premieres in New York City 1940 Clem Curtis, born in Trinidad, singer, lead vocalist for The Foundations, a British soul group, including hits, 'Baby Now That I've Found You', 'Back On My Feet Again', 'Any Old Time' 1940 Gloria Hunniford, British broadcaster and actress, Old Curiosity Shop 1940 Dean Torrence, born in Los Angeles, California, surf music singer, Jan and Dean-Little Old Lady 1939 Yankees retire 1st uniform (Lou Gehrig #4), 1st Old Timers Day 1938 Richard Jordan, born in New York City, actor, Dune, Old Boyfriends, Interiors 1938 Would be start of Eng/Australia Test Cricket at Old Trafford Washout 1936 17 year old Bob Feller's 1st game, he strikes out 15 St. Louis Browns 1936 Levi Stubbs, rocker, 4 Tops-Same Old Song 1935 Zoe Akins' "Old Maid," premieres in New York City 1931 Lou Gehrig's 4 RBIs break his old RBI mark of 175 en route to 184 1930 SHO soccer team forms in Old Beijerland 1930 USS Constitution (Old Ironsides) floated out to become a national shrine 1929 New York to San Francisco foot race ends (2 months) winner is 60 year old Monteverde 1929 1st feature talking motion picture taken outdoors, "In Old Arizona" 1929 27 year old William S. Paley becomes CBS president 1928 44-yr old New York Ranger General Manager Lester Patrick replaces his injured goaltender in a Stanley Cup game, and beats Montreal Maroons 2-1 1925 Fess Parker, Fort Worth Texas, actor, Davy Crockett, Old Yeller 1925 Walter Percy Chrysler founded Chrysler Corp, Iacocca is 8 months old 1923 Recording of 1st country music hit (Little Old Log Cabin in the Lane) 1923 1st old age pension plans in U.S. established by Montana and Nevada 1922 6 old minsters in Greece, executed 1922 1st "old time" musicians broadcasted on radio (Jenkins-WSB Atlanta) 1922 Carl Reiner, born in Bronx, comedian, 2000 Year Old Man, Dick Van Dyke Show 1920 Belgium starts paying old age pensions 1919 3 year old German Communist Party (Spartacus) crushed 1918 Dorothy McGuire, born in Omaha, Nebraska, actress, Old Yeller, Summer Magic 1917 Priscilla Lane, U.S., actress, Arsenic and Old Lace 1917 James Barries' "Old Lady Shows Her," premieres in London 1916 Klaas/old stick Kater, christian worker's union leader, dies at 73 1916 Beatrice Straight, Old Westbury, New York, actress, Poltergeist, Nun's Story 1915 Frank Sinatra, born in Hoboken, vocalist/actor, old blue eyes 1915 Walter W. Heller, economist, Old Myths and New Realities 1915 Old Fordham Road in Bronx renamed Landing Road 1914 Edwin Mirvish, owner, Old Vic 1914 40th Kentucky Derby: John McCabe aboard Old Rosebud wins in 2:03.4 1912 Louis Prima, born in New Orleans, Louisiana, singer, That Old Black Magic 1912 Minnie Pearl, Tennessee, Grand Old Opry, Hee-Haw 1911 Alfred Scott Witherbee, Jr., U.S., 3 year old who drowned on Lusitania 1911 John Sturges, U.S., director, Old Man and Sea, Magnificent 7 1909 Johnny Mercer, Savannah, Georgia, lyricist, Moon River, Old Black Magic 1908 Cixi [the old Buddha], empress-widow of China, dies 1908 Stuart Hamblen, Texas, singer/composer, This Old House 1906 Curtis Lemay, born in Columbus, Ohio, nicknamed Old Iron Pants, General, United States Air Force, running mate for George Wallace, 1968, designed World War II strategic bombing campaign, led Berlin airlift, led firebombing of Tokyo, 22 medals and decorations 1904 Russell Hardie, Buffalo, New York, actor, Sequoia, In Old Kentucky 1904 Cary Grant, born in England, actor, 'Arsenic and Old Lace', 'North by Northwest' 1903 In 11th an old black ball is put into play against Cleveland, Tigers' Nap Lajoie protests ignored, he hurls ball out of park and forfeits game 1902 Esther Ralston, Bar Harbor ME, American Venus/actress, Old Ironsides 1902 Australia beat England by 3 runs at Old Trafford 1902 Test Cricket debut of K S Ranjitsinhji vs. Australia, at Old Trafford 1902 27th Preakness: L Jackson aboard Old England wins in 1:45.8 1902 Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Shoscombe Old Place" 1901 Gerhard von Rad, German old testament scholar, Deuteronomium 1900 Victor Young, born in Chicago, Illinois, orchestra leader, Milton Berle Show, In Old California 1900 Sir Arthur Evans finds old city of Knossus 1898 Paul Robeson, born in Philadelphia, singer, Old Man River 1897 Frank Capra, Italy, director, Its a Wonderful Life, Arsenic and Old Lace 1897 1800-1900 year old fossil of "girl of Yde" found in Drente, Netherlands 1896 Ranjitsinhji completes 154* on Test Cricket debut vs. Australia, Old Trafford 1894 Indian chiefs from the Sioux and Onondaga tribes met to urge their people to renounce Christianity and return to their old Indian faith 1893 C Dazey's "In Old Kentucky" premieres in New York City (27 seasons) 1892 A "Shon Nene" Morales, Antillean/Netherlands very old lady 1892 William M Harnett, U.S. painter (Old Cupboard Door), dies 1891 William F Albright, U.S. old testament scholar/archaeologist 1891 8 year old Jewish tailor's daughter disappears in Greece, rumor spreads that she was a Christian girl ritually killed by Jews 1890 Would be start of England/Australia Test Cricket at Old Trafford Washout 1890 Edgar "E Livingstone" Kennedy, U.S. actor and director, My Old Dutch 1889 Warner Baxter, born in Columbus, Ohio, actor, In Old Arizona, Cisco Kid 1888 1st beauty contest (Spa, Belgium), 18 yr old West Indian wins 1888 Old Kavallison, Congo: Stanley meet Emin Pasha 1887 Otto Eissfeldt, German old testament scholar 1887 Esme Percy, born in London, England, actor, Old Spanish Custom 1887 Anne Sullivan begins teaching 6 year old blind-deaf Helen Keller 1886 Pieter J Old, lawyer/minister of Finance/mayor of Rotterdam, 1945-52 1885 George S Patton, U.S. general, Sicily/Italy/Normandy, "Old Blood and Guts" 1885 George "Gabby" Hayes, Wellesvile, New York, actor, In Old Santa Fe, El Paso 1884 1st Test Cricket to be played at Old Trafford 1st day washed out 1878 A. W. "Dave" Nourse, cricketer, "Grand Old Man" of South African cricket 1876 Irvin S Cobb, Kentucky, writer/humorist, Old Judge Priest 1876 Harold, grandson of English queen Victoria, dies at 8 days old 1875 Grazia Deledda, Italy, novelist, Old Man of the Mtn-Nobel 1926 1875 Alberto Vaccari, Italian jesuit and old testament scholar 1873 Lilian Mary Baylis, manager, Old Vic and Sadler's Wells Theater 1871 Henry Stephenson, British WI, actor, Conquest, Little Old, New York, Mr. Lucky 1871 Alexander, grandson of English queen Victoria, dies at 1 day old 1867 Amstel Hotel, "the dignified old lady" opens in Amsterdam 1864 Ben Webster, born in London, England, actor, Old Curiosity Shop 1864 Cavalry fight at Old Church (Totopotomoy Creek) Virginia 1864 Battle of Yellow Bayou, Louisiana (Bayou de Glaize, Old Oaks) 1864 Stephen Foster, composer (My Old Kentucky Home), dies at 37 in NY 1862 Battle at Old Fort Wayne, Indian Territory 1862 Belle Boyd released from Old Capital Prison in Washington, D.C. 1862 May Irwin, U.S. comedienne/singer, Hot Time in the Old Town 1860 Grandma "Anna Maria" Moses, New York, primitive painter, Old Oaken Bucket 1853 Charles "Old Hoss" Radbourn, born in Rochester, New York, pitcher, 60-12 in 1884 1853 George Godfrey, born in Chelsea, Massachusetts, heavyweight boxer, Old Chocolate 1851 George F Moore, U.S. theologist, Hebrews, Old Testament 1848 William M Harnett, U.S. painter, Old Violin 1842 Karl May, German writer, Old Shatterhand/Winnetou 1833 Johan H C Kern, Dutch linguist, Sanskrit, Old Javan 1832 Ecco Epkema, Dutch classic linguist (Frisian/Old Frisian), dies at 71 1831 John Bratton, Old Reliable, U.S. physician/Confederate Brigadier General 1830 Oliver Wendell Holmes publishes "Old Ironsides" 1830 Oliver Wendell Holmes writes "Old Ironsides" 1827 William Lewis "Old Tige" Cabell, Brigadier General Confederate Army 1821 Alexander Peter "Old Straight" Stewart, Lieutenant General Confederate Army 1821 John Crome, Old Crome, English landscape painter/etcher, dies at 52 1820 Winfield Scott "Old Swet" Featherston, Army Brigadier General, Confederate 1818 William Wing "Old Blizzards" Loring, Major General Confederate Army 1816 Edward "Old Allegheny" Johnson, Major General Confederate Army 1815 Henry Wagner "Old Brains" Halleck, Major-General Union Army 1814 Henry Lewis "Old Rock" Benning, Brigadier General Confederate Army 1809 Sterline "Old Pap" Price, Major General Confederate Army 1809 Oliver Wendell Holmes, Cambridge, Massachusetts, physician/author, Old Ironsides 1807 Clara Reeve, English author (old English baron), dies 1805 William H Ainsworth, English writer, Old St. Paul's, Rookwood 1799 Johann von Dollinger, German Old Catholic theologian/historian 1797 U.S. Navy frigate Constitution, Old Ironsides, launched in Boston 1797 U.S. frigate Constitution (Old Ironsides) launched in Boston 1796 William McGillivray, Old Aberdeen, naturalist 1792 1st Old Farmer's Almanac is published 1787 Law passes providing a senator must be at least 30 years old 1784 1st U.S. balloon flight, 13 year old Edward Warren 1782 Thomas Hart Benton, rep, "Old Bullion" 1781 John Ekels, the Old, Amsterdam painter/cartoonist, dies at 57 1775 9 old women burnt as witches for causing bad harvests, Kalisk, Pol 1768 John Crome, Old Crome, English landscape painter/etcher 1766 James III Edward, Old Pretender, king of Great Britain and Ireland, dies at 77 1734 Johann C van Erckel, old Catholic theologist, dies at about 79 1724 John Ekels, the Old, Amsterdam painter/cartoonist 1715 George Hickes, English linguist (Old German Philology), dies at 73 1702 Walraad the Old, count/soverign of Nassau-Usingen, dies 1693 Willem Van de Velde, Dutch the Old, seascape painter, dies at about 82 1688 James III Edward, Old Pretender, recognized as King of Britain by Pope 1670 William Congreve, England, writer, Old Bachelor, Way of the World 1666 Cornelis Evertsen the Old, Swiss Vice-Admiral, dies in battle at 55 1642 George Hickes, English linguistic, Old German Philology 1609 Artus I Quellinus "the Old", Flemish sculptor, baptised 1535 John, the Old, earl of Nassau/tribal father Netherlands royal family 1529 Peter Vischer, the Old, German count of Sebaldus, dies 1524 Earl Henry III of Nassau weds Mencia de Medoza, 16-years old marquess 1488 Hermann Vischer, "the Old", buried 1467 Sigismund I, the old, king of Poland 1394 Ekiho, exorcised the Zen temple and it's surroundings from an old badger 1320 Count Louis of Nevers marries 8-year old daughter of Philips V 1191 85-year old Giacinto Bobo becomes Pope Coelestinus III 918 Arnulf I the Old becomes landsheer of Flanders |
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