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Technically, the new oldest person was born in the nineteenth century: Jamaican Violet Brown, who was born on March 10, 1900. And presumably, there may be other
by lovemenot 10y ago
Technically, the new oldest person was born in the nineteenth century: Jamaican Violet Brown, who was born on March 10, 1900. And presumably, there may be others alive who were born before the twentieth century began 1/1/1901.
- zulln 10y agoSo obvious, and yet I somehow did not think about this. Thanks!
- interfixus 10y agoYeah, we all remember the worldwide celebrations at the turn of the last century, 2001-01-01.
- lovemenot 10y agoSome people who had to work 1/1/00 or were on call (e.g. for Y2K) did in fact celebrate the technical new millenium a year later. Probably a few pedants did too.