The London Bridge that still stands today dates from 1973. So, despite the fact London Bridge has existed here the longest, the actual bridge standing today is one of the more modern bridges over the Thames in London. Tower Bridge â Tower Bridge was opened in 1894 making this a purely Victorian bridge.
May 17, 2016. Massachusetts is full of history, and now the Bay State can lay claim to another time-honored title: the oldest living person in the United States. Goldie Michelson, who graduated from Clark University in Worcester in 1936, is officially the oldest person in the U.S. and the oldest Jewish person in the world, according to Clark. Sheâs currently 113 and will turn 114 in August. Michelson still lives in Worcester and spoke to her alma mater in 2012 when she was 110.
Carrie C. White was recognized by Guinness world records as the oldest person in the world at around the time of her 114th birthday in 1988. Carrie was a resident of Palatka, Florida nursing home. She was in a nursing home not because of age, but due to a nervous breakdown in 1909, which left her institutionalized. Carrie is another case of dispute, however her documentation seems to be in order enough to give her the title of worldâs oldest person between January 11th 1988 and February 14th 1991.