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Thomas Peter Thorvald Kristian Ferdinand Mortensen (August 16, 1882 – April 25, 1998), known as Christian Mortensen, was a Danish-American supercentenarian who resided in California. [1] When he died, his age of 115 years and 252 days was the longest verified male lifespan at the time, until Jiroemon Kimura surpassed him in 2012. [ 2 ]
On February 9, 1937, Roosevelt named an informal committee to study federal office space needs. The committee was chaired by United States Secretary of the Interior Harold L. Ickes , and included Senator Elmer Thomas ( D - Oklahoma ); Representative Ross A. Collins (D- Mississippi ); Rear Admiral Christian J. Peoples, United States Navy ; and ...
This list comprises Danish supercentenarians (people from Denmark who have attained the age of at least 110 years), according to the Gerontology Research Group (GRG). The oldest Dane is Christian Mortensen, who emigrated to the United States in 1903, where he died on 25 April 1998, aged 115 years, 252 days.
She participated in Boston University School of Medicine's New England Centenarian Study, [72] and was interviewed and filmed by the Center for Aging at the University of Chicago and the ABC World News. [72] She is one of 100 centenarians in The Archon Genomics XPRIZE. [73] [74] She joined social media, with profiles on Facebook and Twitter.
Third Church of Christ, Scientist, established in 1918, is a Christian Science church in downtown Washington, D.C. From 1971 to 2014, the church was located in a controversial building at 16th and I Street NW.
The Constitution Center, [1] formerly known as the David Nassif Building, is an office building located at 400 7th Street SW in Washington, D.C. [2] It is 140 feet (43 m) high and has 10 floors. [3] Covering an entire city block, it is the largest privately owned office building in Washington, D.C. [ 3 ] Current tenants include the Federal ...
The Mortara Center for International Studies is an academic research center at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. As part of Georgetown's Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, the Mortara Center organizes and co-sponsors lectures, seminars, and conferences and provides support for research and publications on international affairs.
The Fraser Mansion is a building at 1701 20th Street NW, at the intersection of Connecticut Avenue, 20th Street, and R Street in the Dupont Circle neighborhood of Washington, D.C. constructed in 1890 to be the George S. Fraser mansion, it served as his private residence for five years, [2] a restaurant, [2] a boarding house, [3] the home of the new Founding Church of Scientology, [4] and ...