List of notable last events
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[edit] Chronological
- 2007 Lloyd Brown, the last surviving U.S. Navy WWI-Veteran died at the age of 105 March 29, 2007.
- 2007 Charlotte Winters, the last surviving female US-WWI-veteran died at age 109 on March 27, 2007.
- 2006 President Gerald Ford, last surviving member of the Warren Commission dies at age 93.
- 2006 Nellie Connally, the last surviving member of the John F. Kennedy limousine dies. [1]
- 2006 Maria Esther de Capovilla, the last person born in the 1880s, died at age 116 on August 27, 2006
- 2006 Last American survivor of the Titanic, and last survivor to have memories of the event Lillian Gertrud Asplund, died on May 7, 2006
- 2006 Rochus Misch is at age 89 the last living survivor of the Führerbunker.
- 2006 Last telegram sent by Western Union on January 27, 2006. [2]
- 2004 Last survivor of the General Slocum fire, Adella Wotherspoon, died on January 26, 2004.
- 2002 Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, Last Empress of India. dies on March 30, 2002
- 1995 Grace Hannagan Martyn, last survivor of the 1914 sinking of the Empress of Ireland died at age 88 on May 15, 1995
- 1989 Zita of Bourbon-Parma, Last Empress of Austria-Hungary. dies on March 14, 1989
- 1989 Last person to die trying to cross the Berlin Wall, Chris Gueffroy died on 6 February, 1989.
- 1974 Lt. Hiroo Onoda becomes the last Japanese soldier to surrender after World War II, after hiding in the Philippines for nearly 30 years.
- 1972 Last person to walk on the moon, Apollo 17 astronaut Eugene Cernan, 17 December 1972.
- 1971 Last tobacco advertising on American television on January 2, 1971.[3]
- 1967 Last Emperor of China, Henry Pu Yi dies in Bejing, China.
- 1950 Last original member of the Oneida Society, Ella Florence Underwood (1850-1950), died on June 25, 1950 in Kenwood, New York near to Oneida, New York.[1][2]
- 1936 Rainey Bethea is the last person to be publicly executed in the United States, August 14, 1936.
- 1936 Last Tasmanian Tiger dies in the Hobart, Tasmania zoo.
- 1935 Last game by Babe Ruth on May 30, 1935
- 1916 Ishi the last of the Yahi died on March 25, 1916
- 1832 Charles Carroll of Carrollton the last surviving signer of Declaration of Independence died on November 14, 1832
- 1453 Constantine XI, the Last Emperor of the Byzantine Empire dies defending Constantinople.
[edit] Topical
[edit] Titanic
- Still Alive: Barbara Joyce Dainton (née West) (born 24 May 1911) and Elizabeth Gladys Dean (born 2 February 1912).
- America: Lillian Gertrud Asplund, died May 7, 2006
- Male: Michel Marcel Navratil, died April 18, 2001
[edit] War-Veterans
The last surviving veterans.
[edit] Revolutionary War
- America: Daniel F. Bakeman, died on April 5, 1869
[edit] War of 1812
- America: Hiram Cronk, died on May 13, 1905
[edit] Mexican-American War
- America: Owen Thomas Edgar, died September 3, 1929
[edit] United States Civil War
- Albert Woolson the last surviving Union Army Veteran, died August 2, 1956
- Pleasant Crump the last surviving Confederate States of America Veteran, died December 31, 1951
[edit] Spanish-American War
- America: Jones Morgan, died August 29, 1993 or Nathan E. Cook, died September 10, 1992
[edit] Second Boer War
- George Frederick Ives, died April 12, 1993
[edit] World War I
- Australia: John Campbell Ross (still alive)
- Austria: August Bischof, died 4 March 2006
- Belgium: Cyrillus-Camillus Barbary, died 16 September 2004
- British Raj: ?
- Bulgaria: ?
- Canada: 2 veterans living in Canada and 1 veteran living in USA
- Czechoslovakia: Alois Vocasek, died 2003, 107[3]
- France: 2 known veterans and 1 anonymous veteran
- Germany: 6 veterans
- Greece: ?
- Hungary: Gergely András Molnár, died March 22, 2006
- Italy: 7 veterans living in Italy and 2 veterans living in France
- Montenegro: ?
- New Zealand: Victor "Bob" Rudd, died 20 November 2005
- Ottoman Empire: ?
- Poland: 3 veterans
- Portugal: José Luis Ladeira, died 5 May 2003
- Puerto Rico: Emiliano Mercado del Toro, died 24 January 2007
- Romania: Gheorghe Pănculescu, died 9 January 2007
- Russian: Boris Klovsky, died 1 June 2004
- Serbia: ?
- UK: 4 veterans living in UK and 3 veterans living in Australia
- USA: 3 veterans
[edit] Finnish Civil War
- Arvonen, Aarne, still alive (Red)
- Rönnback, Lennart, still alive (white)
[edit] Animals
(see chronological list for details)
- 1936 Last Tasmanian Tiger dies
- 1914 Last surviving passenger pigeon dies
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ New York Times; June 27, 1950
- ^ Time (magazine); July 3, 1950; Died. Ella Florence Underwood, 100, last surviving member of the Oneida Community, a financially successful communal settlement (Oneida Silver) which practiced both promiscuity within its own group and stirpiculture; of a heart attack; near Oneida, N.Y.
- ^ http://dersdesders.free.fr/tcheque.html
- Corsinet: Unusual, unique, and uncommon facts about a diversity of subjects: The End: Famous Endings, the Last of Things
- Brahms, William B.Notable Last Facts: A Compendium of Endings, Conclusions, Terminations and Final Events Throughout History ISBN 0-9765325-0-6
- Panati, Charles, "Extraordinary Endings of Practically Everything and Everybody", New York, New York: Harper and Row, 1989
- Slee, Christopher, "The Chameleon Book of Lasts", Huntington, England: Chameleon Publishing Ltd, 1990 ISBN 1-871469-31-7
- Slee, Christopher, "The Guinness Book of Lasts", Enfield, England: Guinness Publishing, 1994
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