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[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 ]
Later the family bought 1,165 acres of land near Lake Bathurst in New South Wales, where they lived in a house they named 'Gilmour', after Sarah's family. On their deaths Sarah and Admiral John Gore were buried in St Saviour’s Cemetery in Goulburn. Their gravestone is inscribed with the only known memorial anywhere to their son. [9]
He first crossed in 2011, running 2,500 miles (4,000 km) from Ocean Beach in San Diego to Jacksonville, Fla., in 132 days on the Run for Research. His second journey covered 3,100 miles (5,000 km) from Half Moon Bay, Calif., to Boston in 108 days on the 2013 Run Coast 2 Coast. [13] [14] [self-published source]
It had been 48 hours since the winds and rains from Hurricane Helene ripped through western North Carolina and Sam Perkins still had not heard from his parents. Man hikes 11 miles and 2,200 feet ...
The North Bend Rail Trail was built on one of the most distinguished railroad lines in U.S. history. [3] Chartered in 1851, the Northwestern Virginia Railroad built 103 miles from the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B&O) mainline at Grafton, West Virginia, to the Ohio River at Parkersburg, West Virginia. The line was sold to the B&O upon ...
The Transglobe Expedition (1979–1982) was the first expedition to make a longitudinal (north–south) circumnavigation of the Earth using only surface transport. British adventurer Sir Ranulph Fiennes led a team, including Oliver Shepard and Charles R. Burton, that attempted to follow the Greenwich meridian over both land and water.
Henson is named in response to the question "Who was the first man to set foot on the North Pole?" in Stevie Wonder's song Black Man on the album Songs in the Key of Life. [49] His life and the polar exploration is retold in the 1948 radio drama "Arctic Autograph", a presentation from the Destination Freedom series, written by Richard Durham. [50]
The following is a list of living centenarians (living people who have attained the age of at least 100 years) known for reasons other than just their longevity.For more specific lists of people (living or deceased) who are known for these reasons, see lists of centenarians.