* 1897 – Jiroemon Kimura, Japanese super-centenarian and oldest living person in Japan

Masters ' Diving events are normally conducted in age-groups of 5 or 10 years, and attract competitors of a wide range of ages and experience ( many, indeed, are newcomers to the sport ); the oldest competitor in a Masters ' Diving Championship was Viola Krahn, who at the age of 101 was the first person in any sport, male or female, anywhere in the world, to compete in an age-group of 100 + years in a nationally organized competition.

He is both the youngest and the oldest person to have served as Secretary of Defense.

* 1999 – Sarah Knauss, American, once considered the world's oldest living person ( b. 1880 )

A gardener is any person involved in gardening, arguably the oldest occupation, from the hobbyist in a residential garden, the homeowner supplementing the family food with a small vegetable garden or orchard, to an employee in a plant nursery or the head gardener in a large estate.

* 2011 – Eunice Sanborn, American supercentenarian, world's oldest living person at time of her death ( b. 1896 )

* 1875 – Elizabeth Israel, Purported world's oldest person ( d. 2003 )

In April 2006, it was announced in the scientific journal Nature that the oldest ( and first early Neolithic ) evidence in human history for the drilling of teeth in vivo ( i. e. in a living person ) was found in Mehrgarh.

Later, in April 2006, it was announced in the scientific journal Nature that the oldest ( and first early Neolithic ) evidence for the drilling of human teeth in vivo ( i. e. in a living person ) was found in Mehrgarh.

* 1998 – Space Shuttle Discovery blasts off on STS-95 with 77-year old John Glenn on board, making him the oldest person to go into space.

* 5-Elena Slough, 114, oldest recognized person in New Jersey.

* 31-Kamato Hongo, 116 ?, oldest recognized person in world.

* 13-Mitoyo Kawate, 114, oldest recognized person in the world.

He left office at the age of 71 years, one month and 26 days, making him the oldest person ever to be Prime Minister.

Had Anne died before June 1714, Sophia would have been the oldest person to ascend to the British throne.

Discovery also carried Project Mercury astronaut John Glenn, who was 77 at the time, back into space during STS-95 on October 29, 1998, making him the oldest person to go into space.

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 ).

The youngest person on Flight 175 was 2½-year-old Christine Hanson of Groton, Massachusetts, and the oldest was 80-year-old Dorothy DeAurajo of Long Beach, California.

Gladstone is both the oldest ever person to form a government – aged 82 at his appointment – and the oldest person ever to occupy the Premiership – being aged 84 at his resignation.

* December 30 – Sarah Knauss, American supercentenarian and oldest living person at her death.

* October – Mammy Lou becomes the oldest person to ever star in a film, at age 114.

She was still in the play for pay business when she died, a top trollop who had given the world's oldest profession one of its rare flashes of glamour.

They grow in succession, with the oldest growing from the bottom of the trunk and successively younger ones from the top.

With its debut at No. 9, Day made history, becoming the oldest female artist to ever have had a top ten album on the Top 40 Official UK Album chart.

Some of the oldest serekhs consist of a striped or cross-hatched box, representing a palace or city, with a crane, scorpion, or other animal drawn standing on top.

In the top of the fifteenth inning, Roger Clemens made only his second career relief appearance, pitching three shutout innings, notably striking out Julio Franco, at the time the oldest man in MLB at 47 years old.

The club is the third oldest of its kind in the country and has spent the majority of its history, with the exception of the 2006 – 07 season, in the top flight First Division ( known as Serie A since 1929 ).

It is one of the oldest universities in Europe in continuous operation, and a top university in Central and Eastern Europe that also ranks among the 1. 5 percent world ’ s best universities.

The city has two football teams playing at the top national level, the Veikkausliiga: FC Inter and TPS, which is one of the oldest football clubs in Finland.

In 2012, the Mongolian Kyokutenhō became the oldest wrestler in modern history to win a top division championship.

It is home to Anheuser-Busch InBev, the world's largest brewer group and one of the top five largest consumer goods companies in the world ; and to the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, the largest and oldest university of the Low Countries and the oldest Catholic university still in existence.

Eriksson later said that he was attracted by the consortium's plans to take the world's oldest league club to the top of the Premiership, and believed that they had the finance and commitment to do that.

The high brick tower is the oldest part of the church and its wooden top was destroyed during the fire in 1982.

The single " Gallant Men " made Dirksen, 71 years 3 days old, the oldest person to reach the Hot 100's top 40 at the time ( 7 January 1967 ), at # 33, on its way to peak at # 29 two weeks later, about 2 1 / 2 years before Moms Mabley would, at 75 years 4 months old, unseat him with her version of " Abraham, Martin And John " peaking at # 35.

At 59 years and 11 months, Snow became the oldest artist to have a top song on the chart.

Held yearly the Wednesday-Sunday after Labor Day since 1888, it is the oldest continuing county fair in the state of Illinois and is one of the largest antique fairs in the United States, drawing daily crowds of more than 100, 000, with the top attendance days reaching more than 200, 000 fair-goers.

William Sr. and Elizabeth ’ s second oldest won, Robert, and his wife Elizabeth Coffey, were the first top break away from the tight family unit and strike out on their own.

Montana City is located on top of one of the oldest prehistoric sites in the state of Montana.

The Jersey was one of Plymouth's oldest mines, a tunnel located at the top of Jersey Road in the hollow between Avondale Hill and Curry Hill, just west of the Plymouth Borough boundary.

* The law of superposition in geology and archaeology, which states that sedimentary layers are deposited in a time sequence, with the oldest on the bottom and the youngest on the top

He was also the oldest player ever to play in England's top football division and the oldest player ever to represent the country.

As of November 2009, he was the oldest person among the world's top 100 active players, but as of October 2011 he is no longer in the top 100.

Junko Akimoto released the single " Ai no Mama de …" on January 23, 2008, reaching the top of the Oricon weekly single charts in January 2009, making her, at the age of 61, the oldest solo singer to top the charts.