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The Last Known Person Born in the 19th Century Dies in Japan at 117 (kottke.org)

Posted by msmash on from the no-more dept.

Jason Kottke: As of 2015, only two women born in the 1800s and two others born in 1900 (the last year of the 19th century) were still alive. In the next two years, three of those women passed away, including Jamaican Violet Brown, the last living subject of Queen Victoria, who reigned over the British Empire starting in 1837. Last week Nabi Tajima, the last known survivor of the 19th century, died in Japan at age 117.

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  1. Call me when the last memory of WW2 finally passes by DatbeDank · · Score: 0, Troll

    I'm tired of the pandering that this great "war" and its genocide gets. I get it, wars bad mmkay and killing people is bad.

    Remind me why that genocide deserves all of the attention versus Armenian, Darfur, etc genocides?

    Get over yourselves and move on Europe!