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2005 Adriana Iliescu becomes the oldest woman in the world to give birth at 66
2004 Ramona Trinidad Iglesias-Jordan, formerly world's oldest person in 2004, dies at 114 2004 Charlotte Benkner, the world's second oldest person for a few years, dies at 114 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 2000 Eva Morris, really old woman, Oldest person in 2000, dies at 114 1999 Sarah Clark Knauss, oldest person 1999, dies at 119 1998 Marie-Louise Febronie Meilleur, oldest person in 1998, dies at 117 1997 Vincent Gulliver, Britain's oldest man, dies at 109 1997 Jeanne Calment, world's oldest person in 1997, dies at 122 1997 Edith Haisman, the oldest survivor of Titanic, dies at 100 1994 Faith Davis, oldest triplets (Charity and Hope survive), dies at 95 1994 Ricardo Dela Corte, Italy, test tube baby born to oldest, 62, mother 1994 Margaret Skeete, oldest American, dies at 115 1993 Johanna F Zandstra-Giezen, oldest person in Netherland, dies at 111 1993 Paul Molitor at 37 is oldest to reach 100 RBIs for 1st time in career 1992 Toronto's Dave Winfield, 40, is oldest player to reach 100-RBI 1992 Johannes van Capel, oldest man in Netherlands (Born 4/22/1884), dies 1992 Marjorie Newell Robb, oldest living survivor of Titantic, dies at 103 1991 Oldest bride - Minnie Munro, 102, weds Dudley Reid, 83, in Australia 1991 Trijntje Jansma-Boskma, oldest person in Netherland, dies at 109 1989 Walter McConnel, 57, is oldest to reach 27,000' Mount Everest top 1988 Oldest known insect fossils (390 million yrs) reported in Science 1988 Samuel L Mendel, oldest U.S. war veteran, dies at 104 1988 Bobby Allison at 50 becomes oldest driver to win Daytona 500 1985 Yankee Phil Niekro becomes 18th pitcher to win 300 games and also at 46 becomes oldest to pitch a shut-out beating Toronto 8-0 1985 At 80 Leo Sites becomes oldest bowler to score a 300 game 1984 Oldest groom - Harry Stevens, 103, weds Thelma Lucas, 83, in Wisc 1983 Oldest human skeleton, aged 80,000 years, discovered in Egypt 1979 Charlie Smith, oldest American (137 year), dies 1978 Tango Duke, dies in Australia at 42; oldest known thoroughbred horse 1976 Greece's 98 year-old Dimitrion Yordanidis, is oldest man to compete in a marathon; he finishes in 7:33 1976 White Sox Minnie Minoso, 53, is oldest to get a hit in majors 1976 U.S. presented with oldest known copy of Magna Carta 1975 Modoc, the elephant, dies at age 78 (oldest known nonhuman mammal) 1975 Oldest animal fossils in U.S. discovered in North Carolina 1967 Roger Babson, entrepreneur, business theorist, attended MIT, predicted Wall Street Crash of 1929, published Babson's Reports, oldest investment newsletter in U.S., dies at age 91, in Lake Wales, Florida 1965 Porcupine, in Washington D.C. zoo, dies at 27; oldest known rodent 1960 Giants hire Tom Sheehan as baseball's oldest debuting manager (66) 1959 Dr. Leakey discovers oldest human skull (600,000 years old) 1955 Oldest man to drive in the Grand Prix (aged 55) finishes 6th 1954 Red deer, in Milwaukee Zoo, oldest known deer, dies at 26 1952 Satchel Paige, 47, becomes oldest pitcher to win a complete shutout 1951 Jersey Joe Walcott at 37 becomes oldest to win heavyweight champion 1932 Dodger John Quinn, 49, is oldest pitcher to win a major league game 1932 Pitcher John Quinn, 47, is oldest player to have an extra-base hit (a double) and bat in a run, as the Dodgers beat the Cubs 9-2 1930 A's Jack Quinn, 46, pitches 2 inn, is oldest to play in World Series 1927 Parks College, America's oldest aviation school, opens 1921 Oldest radio station west of Mississippi River licensed in Greeley Co 1919 KLM, Netherlands Airlines, established (oldest existing airline) 1916 Honus Wagner, 42, is oldest to hit an inside-the-park home run 1906 Australian wombat; oldest known marsupial, dies in London Zoo at 26 1900 Eyre M. Shaw, 78, becomes oldest gold medalist in Olympics 1900 Newcastle Badminton Club, world's oldest, forms in England 1898 Tushar Kanti Ghosh, world's oldest/longest serving newspaper Editor 1889 F Rijkens, oldest living person in Netherlands 1886 R Pelgrom, oldest Dutch man, died Apr 15, 1994, 9 days short of 108 1885 Ann Jemima Flower, oldest resident of Netherlands 1884 John van Capel, oldest man in Netherlands 1882 Johanna F Zandstra-Giezen, oldest person in Netherland 1882 Trijntje Jansma-Boskma, oldest person in Netherland 1881 Japanese giant salamander, dies in Dutch zoo at 55; oldest amphibian 1877 Charlotte Hughes, 1990, oldest person in Great Britain 1875 Roger Babson, born in Gloucester, Massachusetts, entrepreneur, business theorist, attended MIT, predicted Wall Street Crash of 1929, published Babson's Reports, oldest investment newsletter in U.S. 1875 Jeanne Louise Calment, France, world's oldest woman, died at 122 1874 Carrie White, oldest U.S. woman, dies Nov 1990 at 116 1867 Fannie Thomas, became oldest known American, 113 y 273 d at death 1865 London Gazette, oldest surviving journal, is founded 1865 Shigechiyo Izumi, achieved oldest authenticated age, 120 y 237 d 1835 J A de Smit-Rog, oldest citizen of Netherlands, Died 1940 1835 YES de Smit-Rog, oldest citizen of Netherlands, Died 5/30/1940 1833 John Watkinson, founder of British Chess Magazine, oldest chess mag 1791 Britain's Observer, oldest Sunday newspaper in world, 1st published 1780 2nd oldest learned society in U.S. (American Academy of Arts and Sciences) forms (Boston) 1763 Touro shul of Newport RI dedicated (oldest existing U.S. synagogue) 1656 Oldest surviving commercial newspaper begins (Haarlem, Netherlands) 1635 Oldest U.S. public institution, Boston Latin School founded 1565 Oldest city in the U.S., St. Augustine Fla, established 1457 Oldest known exactly dated printed book (c 3 years after Gutenberg) 1373 Anglo-Portuguese Treaty of Alliance, world's oldest, signed in London 930 World's oldest parliament, the Iceland Parliament, established 385 Oldest Pope elected; Siricius-bishop of Tarragona |
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