2015 Event The world's oldest living person, Gertrude Weaver of the U.S., dies at age 116, just five days after the death of the previous record holder, Misao Okawa of Japan, who died at age 117 2014 Event Scientists Stefan Hell of Germany and Eric Betzig and William Moerner of the U.S. share the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for developing 'super-resolved fluorescence microscopy'; the technology can be used to observe molecular activity in living cells 2014 Death Tommy Ramone, former drummer and the last living member of punk rock band The Ramones, dies at age 65 of cancer 2014 Event The world's oldest man, Alexander Imich, passes away at age 111 in New York; the oldest living woman is currently 116 years old and lives in Japan 2013 Event Footage of the previously unseen Kawahiva tribe is released; the Kawahiva is an indigenous tribe living in Brazil's Amazon rainforest, and is thought to have had very little contact with the outside world 2013 Death The world's oldest living person and verified longest lived man ever, Jiroemon Kimura, dies in the city of Kyotango, Japan at age 116 2013 Event All living former U.S. Presidents, including George W. Bush and current President Barack Obama, are present for the dedication of the George W. Bush Presidential Center in Dallas, Texas 2012 Event At 115 years old and 266 days, Jiroemon Kimura of Japan becomes the world's oldest living person 2012 Event Three widows and two daughters of Osama bin Laden were charged with illegally living in Pakistan; they were sentenced with 45 days in jail and fined $114 each 2011 Event A new census measure claims that a record number of Americans, 49.1 million, are living below the poverty line 2011 Event Burial services for Claude Choules, aged 110, the last living veteran of World War I, take place in West Australia's port of Fremantle 2011 Event Uganda's opposition leader Kizza Besigye is placed under house arrest, after vowing to continue protests against the rising cost of living 2011 Event The 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami death toll now exceeds 15,000 with 9,000 still missing and 115,000 evacuees still living in shelters 2010 Event In Tunisia, a protester dies of injuries incurred during continued protests over unemployment and living conditions 1997 Death Ruth Picardie, journalist, editor, The Guardian, The Independent newspapers, author of Before I Say Goodbye, memoir of living with breast cancer, dies in Lambeth, London, of breast cancer, at age 33 1992 Death Marjorie Newell Robb, oldest living survivor of Titantic, dies at 103 1990 Event "In Living Color" premieres on FOX-TV 1989 Event 6th MTV Awards: Living Colour wins 1987 Death Jean Helion, artist/author (Museum of Living Art), dies at 83 1987 Event "Living Daylights" premieres in U.S. 1986 Event "Living on Video" by Trans-X peaks at #61 1986 Event Living Seas opens at Epcot 1983 Event Highest price paid for painting by a living artist 960,200 pounds - Miro 1982 Death Jack Mullaney, actor (My Living Doll, It's About Time), dies at 49 1979 Death Fulton J Sheen, bishop (Life is Worth Living), dies at 84 1974 Death Louis B Russell, Jr., longest living heart transplant, dies at 49 1973 Event George Harrison releases "Living in the Material World" 1973 Event George Harrison's "Living in the Material World" goes gold 1972 Birthday Marlon Wayans, comedian, Wayans Bros, In Living Color 1971 Birthday Shawn Wayans, actor, In Living Color 1968 Event "Night of the Living Dead" premieres in Pittsburgh 1967 Birthday Jamie Foxx, comedian, In Living Color 1967 Birthday Heavy D, born in Jamaica, rapper, leader of Heavy D & the Boyz, sung theme song for In Living Color and MADtv shows 1965 Birthday Damien Hirst, born in Bristol, England, artist, richest living artist to date, 'For the Love of God' a diamond-encrusted scull sculpture, sold for 50 million pounds in 2007 1964 Birthday Ruth Picardie, born in Reading, England, journalist, editor, The Guardian, The Independent newspapers, author of Before I Say Goodbye, memoir of living with breast cancer 1963 Death Wilson Kettle, Nfld, dies at 102, leaving 582 living descendents 1962 Birthday Jim Carrey, born in Ontario, Canada, actor, Living Color, Dumb and Dumber, Mask 1961 Birthday Crystal Bernard, Garland, Texas, actress, Amy-It's a Living, Helen-Wings 1960 Birthday Maryam D'Abo, London, actress, Living Daylights, Xtro, Until Sept 1960 Birthday Damon Wayans, actor/comedian, In Living Color, Major Payne, Blankman 1960 Event U.S.S.R. recovers 2 dogs, 1st living organisms to return from space 1960 Event U.S.S.R. recovered 2 dogs; 1st living organisms to return from space 1959 Birthday Andreas Wisniewski, born in Berlin, West Germany, actor, Living Daylights 1958 Birthday Keenan Ivory Wayans, born in New York City, comedian, In Living Color 1956 Birthday David Alan Grier, comedian, In Living Color, Boomerang 1954 Birthday Wendy Schaal, born in Chicago, Illinois, actress, It's a Living, Julie-Fantasy Is 1953 Birthday Tom Sanders, Jackson Wyoming, aerial cameraman, Living Daylights 1953 Birthday Larry Zbyszko, Living Legend, Whistler, wrestler, WCW/AWA/NWA/WWF 1953 Death Johannes B Tielrooy, literature (French Living Lesson), dies at 66 1952 Birthday Gino Vanelli, born in Montreal, Quebec, singer, Living Inside Myself 1942 Birthday Peter Coyote, Cohon, New York City, actor, Kika, Living a Lie, Exposure, ET 1941 Event Jews living in Germany are required to wear a yellow Jewish star 1941 Event All Jews living in Baltic States are obligated to wear a Jewish Star 1941 Event Germans invade Dubno Poland, giving permission to Ukrainians to do whatever they want to 12,000 Jews living there 1940 Death Emma Goldman, U.S. anarchists/feminist/author (Living My Life), dies 1940 Birthday Helmut Jahn, born in Nuremburg, Germany, architect, designed O'Hare 'L' Station, Chicago, Illinois, AIA's, Ten Most Influential Living Architects, 1991 1939 Birthday Saul Steinberg, artist, The Art of Living 1938 Birthday Susan Hampshire, born in London, England, actress, Vanity Fair, Living Free 1935 Birthday Julie Newmar, born in Hollywood, California, actress, Catwoman-Batman, Living Doll 1935 Birthday Reverend Ike, South Carolina, evangelist minister, Joy of Living 1935 Birthday Elizabeth Barrett-Connor, epidemiologist, Living legacy award-1984 1933 Event Noel Coward's "Design for Living," premieres in New York City 1932 Birthday Jack Mullaney, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, actor, My Living Doll, It's About Time 1932 Birthday Richard Stahl, born in Detroit, Michigan, actor, Howard-It's a Living 1930 Birthday Stanley L Elkin, born in Brooklyn, New York, writer/professor, Living End 1928 Birthday James Brown, born in Barnwell, South Carolina, soul singer, 'Hot Pants', 'Living in America' 1925 Birthday Bert Remsen, Glen Cove, New York, actor, Mario-It's a Living 1923 Death Mauritius H Binger, director/producer (Living Ladder), dies 1922 Event 1st living person identified on a U.S. coin (Thomas E Kirby) on the Alabama Centennial half-dollar 1921 Birthday Francoise Gilot, painter, designer, author living legacy award, 1984 1916 Birthday Margaret Hayden Rector, playwright, living legacy award 1995 1914 Birthday Frances Farmer, born in Seattle, Washington, actress, Son of Fury, Among the Living 1910 Birthday Akira Kurosawa, born in Tokyo, Japan, director, 7 Samurai, Living 1907 Birthday Mascha Kaleko, born in Chrzanow, Austria, now Poland, writer, German language poet, first book 'Lyrisches Stenogrammheft' was burned in Nazi book burnings, wrote advertising copy while living in New York 1907 Birthday Dorothy West, U.S. journalist/author, Living is Easy 1906 Birthday Lowell Gilmore, Minnesota, actor, Living Christ Series 1904 Birthday Fosco Giachetti, born in Livorno, Italy, actor, Wastrel, We the Living 1895 Birthday Fulton J Sheen, El Paso, Illinois, bishop, Life is Worth Living 1894 Birthday Will Wright, born in San Francisco, California, actor, Living Christ Story 1889 Birthday F Rijkens, oldest living person in Netherlands 1889 Birthday Franklin Pangborn, Newark, actor, My Best Gal, Hats Off, Easy Living 1887 Event Dawes Act passed (indians living apart from tribe granted citizenship) 1882 Event May Laws-Czar Alexander III bans Jews from living in rural Romania
