Five people who were born in the XIX century, which are still alive

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November 15, 2013, the year before they reach a few weeks before her 114th birthday, the oldest resident of the UK died Grace Jones. The woman will go down in history as the last Briton, born at the end of the XIX-th century and lived to XXI-st century. Such events always suggest - or rather, to the question: how many of them survivors peers cars, airplanes, radio and cinema? Is Grace was the last person to come from the XIX-th century? Fortunately not, but there are long-lived, due to obvious reasons, every year it becomes less and less.



At the moment we know five people who were born in the distant 1890s: the oldest inhabitant of the Earth Japanese woman Misao Okawa (date of birth - March 5, 1898 the first year), the older American Dzheralien Talley (March 23, 1899-go). Mushatta Suzanne Jones (July 6 th 1899), and Bernice Madigan (24 July 1899-th) - a resident of the United States, as well as Italian Emma Morano Martinutstsi (29 November 1899 year).











This summer, at the age of 116 years and 54 days, died the oldest ever lived men Earth Japanese Jiroemon Kimura, the other nine positions in the ranking of the top ten life expectancy belong to the fair sex. The first place in it takes a Frenchwoman Jeanne Louise Calment (February 21, 1875 th - August 4, 1997 the first year).







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