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2014 (Wednesday) December 31. December 31 is the 365th day of the year (366th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. It is known by a collection of names including: Saint Sylvester's Day, [1] New Year's Eve or Old Year’s Day/Night, as the following day is New Year's Day. It is the last day of the year; the following day is January 1, the ...
Naomi Whitehead [2] F. 26 September 1910. 113 years, 360 days. United States. 9. Claudia Baccarini [2] F. 13 October 1910.
The longest lifespan for a man is that of Jiroemon Kimura of Japan (1897–2013), who lived to age 116 years and 54 days. The oldest living person in the world whose age has been validated is 116-year-old Tomiko Itooka of Japan, born 23 May 1908. [1][2] The oldest living verified man is 112-year-old John Tinniswood of the United Kingdom, born ...
The oldest person ever whose age has been independently verified is Jeanne Calment (1875–1997) of France, who lived to the age of 122 years and 164 days. [b] The oldest verified man ever is Jiroemon Kimura (1897–2013) of Japan, who lived to the age of 116 years and 54 days. The oldest known living person is Tomiko Itooka of Japan, aged 116 ...
Nick Galifianakis (born 1928), U.S. Congressman from North Carolina 1967–1973 (Durham) Richard Jordan Gatling (1818–1903), physician and inventor of Gatling gun (Hertford County) John Gibbon (1827–1896), Union Army general in American Civil War and colonel in the American Indian Wars (Charlotte)
Births. 1491 - Jacques Cartier, French explorer (d. 1557); 1869 - Henri Matisse, French painter (d. 1954) (pictured); 1937 - Anthony Hopkins, Welsh actor; 1943 - John Denver, American musician (d.
2001 - Death of Franco Rasetti, Italian physicist (b. 1901) December 6: 1586 - Birth of Niccolò Zucchi, Italian astronomer (d. 1670) 1771 - Death of Giovanni Battista Morgagni, Italian anatomist (b. 1682) 1778 - Birth of Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac, French physicist and chemist (d. 1850) 1855 - Death of William John Swainson, English naturalist ...
In the Gregorian calendar, New Year's Eve, also known as Old Year's Day, is the evening or the entire day of the last day of the year, 31 December. In many countries, New Year's Eve is celebrated with dancing, eating, drinking, and watching or lighting fireworks. Some Christians attend a watchnight service.