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Kane Tanaka named as world’s oldest living person by Guinness World Records
A 116-year-old Japanese woman, Kane Tanaka has been honoured as the world’s oldest living person by Guinness World Records. The global authority on records officially recognised Kane Tanaka in a ceremony at the nursing home where she lives in Fukuoka, in southwest Japan. Born in January 1903, Tanaka loves playing the board game ‘Othello’ and ..
Topics: Fiction • Fictional characters • Fukuoka • Kane • Kane Tanaka • Miyako • Oldest people • Tanaka • Video game characters
Nabi Tajima, world’s oldest person passes away
Nabi Tajima (117), the world’s oldest Japanese supercentenarian, has passed away in Kikai, Japan on April 21, 2018. She was born on August 4, 1900, and reportedly had more than 160 descendants, including great-great-great grandchildren. She was the last living person certified to have been born in the nineteenth century. Tajima became the world’s oldest ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2018
Topics: Biology • Humans • Kikai • Nabi • Names • Oldest people • Supercentenarian • Tajima • Violet Brown
Yisrael Kristal, world’s oldest man passes away
Yisrael Kristal (113), the world’s oldest man who lived through both World Wars, has passed away in Haifa, Israel on August 11, 2017. He was officially recognised as the world’s oldest man by the Guinness Book of Records in March 2016. Kristal, a Polish-Israeli supercentenarian, became the world’s oldest recognized Holocaust survivor in 2014 and ..
Topics: Bibliography of The Holocaust • Centenarians • Haifa • Holocaust survivors • israel • Kristal • Metalworkers • Old age • Oldest people • Supercentenarian • Yisrael Kristal
Last living person born in 1800s turns 117
Born November 29, 1989, Emma Morano has turned 117. She is the last known person born in the 19th century who is still alive. She has been declared as the world’s oldest living person by the Guinness World Records. On Morano’s honour, a performance of music over three centuries and a preview of a romanticised ..
Topics: Emma Morano • Guinness • Jute • Morano • Oldest people • Superlatives