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Lambert became the first person to cover a hundred miles in an hour. He set the record at Brooklands on 15 February 1913 in his 4.5 litre side-valve Talbot. He actually covered 103 miles and 1470 yards in sixty minutes. [2] There is a film of his exploits at the Brooklands Museum which was made on that day. [5]
[5] [14] [15] Cole, who lived to be 103, was the only participant to live to a higher age than the raid's leader, Jimmy Doolittle, who died in 1993 at age 96. [ 16 ] [ citation needed ] On September 19, 2016, the Northrop Grumman B-21 was formally named "Raider" in honor of the Doolittle Raiders. [ 17 ]
Both were born in the rural South, where they lived less than 100 miles apart. Wilson was the daughter of freed slaves, Solomon and Delia Rutherford. [59] In April 2005, Wilson moved into a new home funded by donations, in New Albany. She celebrated her 115th birthday in September 2005, and died on February 13, 2006, aged 115 years, 153 days. [58]
Liselotte Sperber, who lived to be 103 years old, established the Ann M. Sperber Prize at Fordham University in 1999. The award recognizes the best biographies of journalists. [8] The award winners, their books, and the subjects of their books, are shown below. (Information is not available for 2004 and 2008.) [9]
Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, pictured outside Dover Castle. The following is a list of lists of notable centenarians by categorized occupation (people who lived to be or are currently living at 100 years or more of age) that are therein known for reasons other than just longevity
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103 years, 115 days: Russian: Tennis player [99] Lim Tze Peng: M: September 28, 1921: 103 years, 113 days: Singaporean: Artist [100] Julia Dingwort-Nusseck F: October 6, 1921: 103 years, 105 days: German: Business journalist [101] Mélanie Berger-Volle F: October 8, 1921: 103 years, 103 days: Franco-Austrian: Seamstress [102] İlhan Usmanbaş ...
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