Meanwhile, after 24 years in the Senate, Rhode Island's durable Democrat Theodore Francis Greene -- having walked, swum and cerebrated himself to the hearty age of 93 -- left that august body ( voluntarily, because he could surely have been re-elected had he chosen to run again last November ), as the oldest man ever to serve in the Senate.

This department is one of the museum's oldest ; it began with appropriated royal art, some of which was acquired under Francis I.

* September 12 – Francis Howell High School ( Howell Institute ) in St. Charles, Missouri, and Stephen F. Austin High School in Austin, Texas open on the same day, putting them in a tie for the title of the oldest public high school west of the Mississippi River.

Franz Joseph was born in the Schönbrunn Palace in Vienna, the oldest son of Archduke Franz Karl ( the younger son of Holy Roman Emperor Francis II ), and his wife Princess Sophie of Bavaria.

The two oldest brothers of this old noble family already had major roles during Henry II reign: Francis, Duke of Guise was one of the most famous military commander in the royal army and Charles, Cardinal of Lorraine was part of the most important negotiations and matters of the kingdom.

One of the oldest clocks in the collection is an astronomical clock of 1588 by Francis Nowe.

Camp Francis is located in Kent, Connecticut and is one of the oldest Girl Scout Camps in the country.

Chinese Camp is the location and subject of California Historical Landmark 423-The Saint Francis Xavier Roman Catholic Church, established in 1849, making it the oldest church in the county.

After several name changes, it is currently known as St. Francis Academy, and is the oldest currently operating co-educational Catholic school in the nation.

Francis was born in Nancy, Lorraine ( now in France ), the oldest surviving son of Leopold Joseph, duke of Lorraine, and his wife Élisabeth Charlotte d ' Orléans, daughter of Philippe, duc d ' Orléans.

The Science Museum now holds a collection of over 300, 000 items, including such famous items as Stephenson's Rocket, Puffing Billy ( the oldest surviving steam locomotive ), the first jet engine, a reconstruction of Francis Crick and James Watson's model of DNA, some of the earliest remaining steam engines, a working example of Charles Babbage's Difference engine ( and the latter, preserved half brain ), the first prototype of the 10, 000-year Clock of the Long Now, and documentation of the first typewriter.

Originally commissioned in 1815 as the stables for the proposed Government House of New South Wales, the oldest Conservatorium building was designed by the convict architect, Francis Greenway.

The oldest known sketch of Big School by Francis Perry who died in 1765

* Francis ( Christopher Masterson ) is the oldest brother.

It was originally brewed in St. Francis Abbey Brewery in Kilkenny which is Ireland ’ s oldest operating brewery.

* George Francis ( supercentenarian ) ( 1896 – 2008 ), was the oldest American man and the joint second-oldest man in the world.

Among the changes, one of the city's oldest streets, Madeira Street was renamed to Hincks Street after Sir Francis, the then Governor of Barbados.

After five more years of drift in management of the property, in March 1889, Patterson's son-in-law, Lt. Francis Winslow ( II ) USN ( oldest brother of future Rear Admiral Cameron Winslow ), after 19 years of Naval service during the slow-promotion post-war years, resigned from the Navy to devote himself to subdividing, renting, developing, and selling portions of the property.

* Rhode Island Senator Theodore Francis Green ( 1867 – 1966 ) was 93 when he retired, and at the time, the oldest man ever to serve in the United States Congress

According to the Olompali Park website, a pierced Elizabethan silver sixpence ( see Francis Pretty's account of Drake's landing, below ) bearing the date of 1567 — the oldest artifact bearing a calendar date ever found in California — was discovered in the park by archeologists.

A scion of the Adams family that gave the country two presidents, Charles Francis III was born in Quincy, Massachusetts to John Quincy Adams II ( 1833 – 1894 ); the oldest son of the Secretary's grandfather Charles Francis Adams, Sr .; his great-grandfather was sixth U. S. President John Quincy Adams ; and his great-great-grandfather was second U. S. President John Adams.

• Franziskuskirche ( Church of St. Francis )-built in 1707, making it the oldest building in Oberpullendorf

Paul Friedrich's oldest son was Frederick Francis II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin ( 1823 – 1883 ), who succeeded as Grand Duke in 1842.

It contains Christopher Street and the Stonewall Inn, important landmarks, as well as the world's oldest gay and lesbian bookstore, Oscar Wilde Bookshop, founded in 1967.

Richard Farnsworth earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor for his portrayal of Alvin Straight ; the oldest person ever to be nominated for a Best Actor Oscar until Max von Sydow and Christopher Plummer were both nominated ( although Plummer and Von Sydow were nominated in the supporting category, where as Farnsworth was lead ) in 2012 at age 82 ( Plummer also won the award that year, being its oldest recipient ).

* August 5 – Bartholomew Columbus, brother of Christopher Columbus, founds the city of Santo Domingo, now part of the Dominican Republic, making it the oldest American City and permanent settlement in the New World.

Spielberg selected island natives Christopher Rebello as Chief Brody's oldest son, Michael Brody ; Jay Mello as the younger son, Sean Brody ; and Lee Fierro as Mrs. Kintner.

The oldest surviving building dates to 1793 ( the Christopher Taylor House, erected originally in 1777 about a mile outside of the original town limits, was relocated to a lot within the historic district ).

His other brother, Christopher, is a publican ( who was found by taxation authorities to have failed to pay taxes ), runs the family pub and is the oldest of the Cowen brothers.

Van Hollen was born in Karachi, Pakistan, the oldest of three children of American parents Edith Eliza ( née Farnsworth ) and Christopher Van Hollen.

It was co-authored by his oldest son, Christopher Scheer, and Lakshmi Chaudhry, senior editor at Alternet.

Sickler Hall, the oldest of three remaining original buildings on the campus, was built in 1902 with a gift from the estate of Christopher Sickler, and early Taylor trustee.

Christopher Street is the oldest street in the West Village, as it ran along the south boundary of Admiral Sir Peter Warren's estate, which abutted the old Greenwich Road ( now Greenwich Avenue ) to the east and extended north to the next landing on the North River, at present-day Gansevoort Street.

The Oscar Wilde Bookshop located on the corner of Christopher and Gay, was the oldest LGBT bookshop in the world until its closure in 2009.

Among ancient mansions are Castle Ashby, the seat of the Comptons, the oldest portion belonging to the reign of Henry VIII ; Althorp, the seat of the Spencers, of various dates ; Drayton House, of the time of Henry VI ; the vast pile of Burghley House, Stamford, founded by Lord Burleigh ( 1553 ), but more than once altered and enlarged ; Kirby Hall, a beautiful Elizabethan building once the residence of Sir Christopher Hatton ; and Lilford Hall a fine example of a Jacobean mansion.

* Hermitage of Nossa Senhora dos Anjos-located in Anjos ( Vila do Porto ); considered the oldest religious structure on the island and where Christopher Columbus celebrated a mass in honor of his discovery in the New World.

Founded in 1955 by Phyllis Shand Allfrey and Emmanuel Christopher Loblack, it is the oldest political party in Dominica.

Sir Christopher Owen Hum KCMG ( born 27 January 1946 ) is the 41st Master of Gonville and Caius College, one of the oldest colleges of the University of Cambridge.

The street contains two of the City churches designed by Sir Christopher Wren: St. Michael, Cornhill, on the site of the Roman forum of Londinium, and St Peter upon Cornhill, reputed to occupy the oldest Christianised site in London.

It is also the oldest award ceremony in the media ; its equivalents, the Grammy Awards ( for music ), Emmy Awards ( for television ), and Tony Awards ( for theatre ) are modeled after the Academy.

Andy Warhol had two older brothers — Pavol ( Paul ), the oldest, was born in Slovakia ; Ján was born in Pittsburgh.

The shortest ( and possibly oldest ) road avoids alpine areas and led from the Baltic coastline ( nowadays Estonia ), passed the Moravian Gate, followed the river Morava, crossed the Danube near Carnuntum in the Noricum Province, headed southwest past Poetovio, Celeia, Emona, Nauportus, and reached Aquileia at the Adriatic coast.

The Rensselyrics of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute ( formerly known as the RPI Glee Club ), established in 1873 is perhaps the oldest known collegiate a cappella group.

Kitab al-Aghani ( Book of Songs ), a collection of poems and songs with the stories of the composers and singers in many volumes from the oldest epoch of Arabic literature down to the 9th cent.

The Arkadiko Bridge in Greece ( 13th century BC ), one of the oldest arch bridge s in existence

Dating to the Greek Bronze Age ( 13th century BC ), it is one of the oldest arch bridges still in existence and use.

The oldest known bubble tea consisted of a mixture of hot Taiwanese black tea, small tapioca pearls ( 粉圓 ), condensed milk, and syrup ( 糖漿 ) or honey.

Founded in 1764 prior to American independence from the British Empire as the College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations early in the reign of King George III ( 1760 – 1820 ), Brown is the third oldest institution of higher education in New England and seventh oldest in the United States.

The first bridge on the left is the Mittlere Brücke ( Middle or Central Bridge ), the oldest bridge in Basel.

Richard Attenborough directed a film on Chaplin's life, Chaplin ( 1992 ), which starred Robert Downey, Jr. as Chaplin and also included Chaplin's oldest daughter Geraldine Chaplin playing his mother, Hannah Chaplin.

At the western edge of Cambridge, the cemetery is well known as the first garden cemetery, for its distinguished inhabitants, for its superb landscaping ( the oldest planned landscape in the country ), and as a first-rate arboretum.

Paris – Brest – Paris ( PBP ), which began in 1891, is the oldest bicycling event still run on a regular basis on the open road, covers over and imposes a 90-hour time limit.

Water clocks, also known as clepsydrae ( sg: clepsydra ), along with the sundials, are possibly the oldest time-measuring instruments, with the only exceptions being the vertical gnomon and the day-counting tally stick.

Many towns center around a " green ", such as the Litchfield Green, Lebanon Green ( the largest in the state ), and Wethersfield Green ( the oldest in the state ).

Although there has been an old tradition and like for making census in Spain, the oldest ones dating back to the 12th century ( by Alfonso VII of the Kingdom of Castile ), the first modern census was carried out in 1768 by Conde de Aranda, under the reign of Carlos III.

The Global Alliance of Affirming Apostolic Pentecostals ( GAAAP ), traces its roots back to 1980, making it the oldest LGBT-affirming Apostolic Pentecostal denomination in existence.

Eisenhower, who was the oldest president in history at that time ( then 70 ), was succeeded by the youngest elected president, as Kennedy was 43.

The oldest confirmed written mention of dominoes in China comes from the Former Events in Wulin ( i. e. the capital Hangzhou ) written by the Yuan Dynasty ( 1271 – 1368 ) author Zhou Mi ( 1232 – 1298 ), who listed " pupai " ( gambling plaques or dominoes ) as well as dice as items sold by peddlers during the reign of Emperor Xiaozong of Song ( r. 1162 – 1189 ).

Dartmouth's other athletic facilities in Hanover include the Friends of Dartmouth Rowing Boathouse and the old rowing house storage facility ( both located along the Connecticut River ), the Hanover Country Club, Dartmouth's oldest remaining athletic facility ( established in 1899 ), and the Corey Ford Rugby Clubhouse.

The smooth-haired dachshund, the oldest style, may be a cross between the German Shorthaired Pointer, a Pinscher, and a Bracke ( a type of bloodhound ), or to have been produced by crossing a short Bruno Jura Hound with a pinscher.

In 1995, one of the oldest hominids, representing a possible link between Homo erectus and an archaic Homo sapiens was found in Buya, Eritrea by Italian scientists dated to over 1 million years old ( the oldest of its kind ), providing a link between hominids and the earliest humans.