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103: American author and editor. [7] Jaime Ardila Casamitjana: 1919–2019: 100: Colombian writer [8] Diana Athill: 1917–2019: 101: British literary editor, novelist and memoirist [9] Francisco Ayala: 1906–2009: 103: Spanish novelist [10] Ba Jin: 1904–2005: 100: Chinese author [11] Ann Barzel: 1905–2007: 101: American writer, critic and ...
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]
103 years, 64 days: American: Lieutenant general [107] Walther Weißauer M: November 10, 1921: 103 years, 59 days: German: Jurist [108] Georg Stefan Troller: M: December 10, 1921: 103 years, 29 days: Austrian-American: Interviewer, director and screenwriter [109] José de Jesús Sahagún de la Parra: M: January 1, 1922: 103 years, 7 days: Mexican
The Domínguez–Escalante Expedition was a Spanish journey of exploration conducted in 1776 by two Franciscan priests, Atanasio Domínguez and Silvestre Vélez de Escalante, to find an overland route from Santa Fe, New Mexico, to their Roman Catholic mission in Monterey, on the coast of modern day central California.
San Miguel de Gualdape (sometimes San Miguel de Guadalupe) was a short-lived Spanish colony founded in 1526 by Lucas Vázquez de Ayllón.It was established somewhere on the coast of present-day Carolinas or Georgia, but the exact location has been the subject of a long-running scholarly dispute.
Altadena residents lose home, memories. Among those who lost their homes to the Eaton Fire were Alexia Palomino and her mom, who had lived in their single-story Spanish-style house in Altadena for ...
[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 ]
Texas veteran, 103, recalls 18 days on lifeboat Rick Mauch/Special to the Star-Telegram Even now, almost eight decades later, Art Watson can still feel the sting.