- Utah becomes the 45th U.S. state (January 4th)
- Opening Ceremonies for first modern Olympics are held in Athens (April 6th)
- Queen Victoria becomes the longest reigning monarch in Britian (September 22nd)
- William McKinley is elected president of the United States by defeating William Jennings Bryan (November 3rd)
You know what else happened? Besse Cooper was born. She joined the women's suffrage movement at age 24. She married in 1924, had four children and was widowed in 1963. She became a school teacher during World War I. She also claims eleven grandchildren, thirteen great-grandchildren and amazingly two great-great granchildren!
In January 2011, Guinness World Records gave her the distinction of the oldest living human. She died peacefully on Tuesday, December 4th, 2012, aged 116.
What an amazing life!!
LINK to her story on CNN.com: http://www.cnn.com/2012/12/04/us/georgia-oldest-person-dies/index.html?hpt=hp_c2
LINK to her story on ABCNews: http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/12/05/15690486-worlds-oldest-woman-besse-cooper-dies-at-116-in-georgia-nursing-home?lite
Not quite Old Tom Parr, but her story is one for the record books!
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