Life Begins at 70+: The 7 Most Inspiring Senior Citizens Who Did Extraordinary Things

LIFE BEGINS AT 70+ THE 7 MOST INSPIRING SENIOR CITIZENS WHO DID EXTRAORDINARY THINGS THE OCTOGENARIAN AIRCRAFT PILOT THOMAS LACKEY 85 AGE WHAT Oldest person to perform a "Loop the Loop' on top of an aircraft. WHERE Above Rendcomb Aerodrome, Gloucestershire, UK. Viggin Hill Air WINGWALKING WHEN 29 CREW 29 September 2005. 26th NE June ACCESS UINNESS FUN FACT He is the GUINNESS WORLD RECORD Holder. RECO ORLD THE SUMMIT SEPTUAGENARIAN KATSUSUKE YANAGISAWA 71 AGE A WHAT Oldest person to Climb MT. EVEREST. WHERE The summit of Mt. Everest, Nepal. WHEN 22 May 22nd 2007. FUN FACT He is a retired Japanese School Teacher. Mt. Everest is 29,028 feet tall and he is 1 of 3 Japanese Septuagenarians to do it, he is the oldest! THE SOCIAL MEDIA CENTENARIAN (3 EDYTHE KIRCHMAIER 106 AGEA WHAT Facebook's oldest registered user. WHERE She is from Santa Barbara, California, USA. WHEN She signed up on her 105th Birthday in January 2013 to get 105,000 people to like the charity Direct Relief on Facebook. UINNESS FUN FACT ORL RLD Direct Relief is a medical aid charity where she volunteers. In 1 year she had 47,000 friends and 12,000 likes. THE SEPTUAGENARIAN ASTRONAUT 4 JOHN GLENN 77 AGE A WHAT The oldest person to travel in space. WHERE He rode the space shuttle Discovery into outer space over the course of 9 days and orbited Earth 134 times. WHEN October 29th 1998. 29 NASA FUN FACT Over 30 years earlier on February 20th 1962, he had become the first American to successfully orbit the Earth. THE NONAGENARIAN GRADUATE NOLA OCHS 98 AGE A WHAT The oldest person to get a Master's Degree. WHERE Fort Hayes State University, Kansas, USA/ WHEN In 2010 she received a Master's Degree in Liberal Arts. FUN FACT 3 years earlier at age 95 she broke a Guinness World Record having become the world's oldest college graduate. COINNESS RECORS THE NONAGENARIAN NOBEL LAUREATE LEONID HURWICZ 6. 90 AGE WHAT The oldest person to win a Nobel Priz, WHERE He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Economics at the University of Minnesota by the Swedish Ambassador to the United States straight after the live broadcast of the official ceremony in Stockholm. WHEN October 2007. FUN FACT He shared the prize with 2 others. He was told by telephone he was the oldest recipient to win a Nobel Prize and he was quoted as saying I hope that others who deserve it also got it. THE TURBANED TORNADO CENTENARIAN FAUJA SINGH 101 AGE WHAT The world's oldest marathon runner. WHERE He lives in the UK, originally from India. WHEN Ran his last competitive race in February 2013 in Hong Kong. FUN FACT The Sikh's nickname is the "Turbaned Tornado'. In 2011 he became the first centenarian on record to complete a marathon finishing the Toronto Waterfront Marathon in 8 hours, 11 minutes and 6 seconds. |be]ndependent HomeCare www.beindependenthomecare.ie GENERAL REFERENCES www.businessinsider.com/100-amazing-accomplishments-achieved-at-every-age-2014-3 www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/4000/oldest-person-loop-the-loop-on-top-of-an-aircraft www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/01/23/oldest-facebook-user-turns-106/4802867/ www.space.com/17263-john-glenn-astronaut-biography.html www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/05/12/nola-ochs-98-years-old-to_n_573670.html www.theguardian.com/world/2007/may/29/japan.justinmccurry1 blogs.wsj.com/economics/2008/06/26/nobel-prize-winner-leonid-hurwicz-dies/ edition.cnn.com/2013/02/25/world/marathon-man-retires/ ORLD Xt Maga State Mainsitg