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1973 – Aeroflot Flight A-13 crashes after takeoff from Baku-Bina International Airport in Azerbaijan, killing 56 people and injuring eight. [18] 1976 – The Korean axe murder incident in Panmunjom results in the deaths of two US Army officers. 1976 – The Soviet Union’s robotic probe Luna 24 successfully lands on the Moon. [19]
1. Emma Martina Luigia Morano OMRI [ 1 ] (29 November 1899 – 15 April 2017) was an Italian supercentenarian. She was the world's oldest living person from 13 May 2016 until her death on 15 April 2017, aged 117 years and 137 days. Until her death, she was also the last living person verified to have been born in the 1800s. [ 2 ]
February 18 is the 49th day of the year in the ... 1972 – The California Supreme Court in the case of People v. ... Czechoslovakian-born English rabbi (b. 1920 ...
May 18 is the 138th day of the year (139th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; ... Qing dynasty causes extreme damage and kills at least 52,000 people. [4]
Known for. The first female supercentenarian. One of the first verified people who lived within three centuries (18th until the 20th century) The oldest verified human born before the 19th century. Spouse. John Neve (m. 1823–1849; his death) Margaret Ann Neve (née Harvey, 18 May 1792 – 4 April 1902) was the second validated ...
Conrad Heyer (April 10, 1749 or 1753 [Note 1] – February 19, 1856) was an American farmer, veteran of the American Revolutionary War, and centenarian.He is often credited as being the earliest-born person to have been photographed alive, although several other contenders are known, most notably a shoemaker named John Adams and Caesar, an African.
Old Style (O.S.) and New Style (N.S.) indicate dating systems before and after a calendar change, respectively. Usually, they refer to the change from the Julian calendar to the Gregorian calendar as enacted in various European countries between 1582 and 1923. In England, Wales, Ireland and Britain's American colonies, there were two calendar ...
December 18 is the 352nd day of the year ... triggering a tsunami and killing at least 580 people. [5] ... born and raised in the United States. ...