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She's 114 - Born in 1894
She was born just 29 years after the end of the Civil War.
4 years before the Spanish-American War.
She was 20 at the start of WW1
She was 29 when the last remnant of the Roman Empire (Ottoman Empire) ceased to exist (renamed the Republic of Turkey).
She's seen what, almost 30 presidential terms
Utah (became a state Jan 4 of 1896), Oklahoma, Arizona, New Mexico, Alaska, and Hawaii were not states when she was born.
In 1896:
The X-Ray was first on exhibition the year she was born.
William McKinley became President
John Philip Sousa composed "The Stars and Stripes Forever"
George Burns was born on Jan 20th
Alfred Nobel died
Just imagine what she's seen in her life.
She's 114 - Born in 1894
She was born just 29 years after the end of the Civil War.
4 years before the Spanish-American War.
She was 20 at the start of WW1
She was 29 when the last remnant of the Roman Empire (Ottoman Empire) ceased to exist (renamed the Republic of Turkey).
She's seen what, almost 30 presidential terms
Utah (became a state Jan 4 of 1896), Oklahoma, Arizona, New Mexico, Alaska, and Hawaii were not states when she was born.
In 1896:
The X-Ray was first on exhibition the year she was born.
William McKinley became President
John Philip Sousa composed "The Stars and Stripes Forever"
George Burns was born on Jan 20th
Alfred Nobel died
Just imagine what she's seen in her life.
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