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.
UPDATE (Oct. 4, 10:43 a.m.): Youâre reading a vintage FiveThirtyEight story. Since this article was first published in May, the worldâs oldest living person has changed. It is now Susannah Mushatt Jones, a 116-year-old who lives in Brooklyn. As the oldest person in the world, Gertrude Weaver was making the best of her time in the limelight. When I called the 116-year-old Arkansas resident two days into her reign on a Friday in early April, she was resting after a couple of television appearances and a half-dozen phone interviews.