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Elizabeth Philippina van Boven-Smaal, the Oldest Dutch Woman, Turns 111
Elizabeth Philippina van Boven-Smaal, the oldest living woman in the Netherlands, celebrated her 111th birthday in Capelle aan den IJssel on 5 January, according to IJssel en Lekstreek. Elizabeth...
Henri Content, France’s Second-Oldest Man, Turns 110
Henri Content, the second-oldest known living man in France, recently celebrated his 110th birthday. His birthday was first reported on Facebook by François Sennepin, the Mayor of...
Joan Escudé i Farriol, Spanish Civil War Veteran, Turns 110
Joan Escudé i Farriol, a resident of Barcelona, Spain, a veteran of the Spanish Civil War, and one of the nation’s oldest men, turns 110 today, according to Diari de Girona. Joan Escudé i Farriol...
Hazel Baumberger, South Dakota’s Oldest Resident, Dies at 109
Hazel Susie Baumberger, a resident of Fort Pierre, South Dakota, USA, passed away on 30 December 2025, at the age of 109 years, 335 days. Hazel Baumberger was born in Pierre, South Dakota, on 29...
Michigan Woman Linda Gaither Turns 111
Linda Gaither, a resident of Detroit, Michigan, USA, celebrated her 111th birthday on 1 January, Gaither was born on 1 January 1915. Her birthday was first reported in a Facebook group for Sacred...
British Woman Mary McTegart Turns 110
Mary ‘Molly’ McTegart, a resident of Crosby, Merseyside, England, celebrated her 110th birthday on 4 January, according to the Liverpool Echo. McTegart was born in the suburb of Everton in...
Illinois Woman Edith Renfrow Smith Dies at 111
Edith Renfrow Smith, a resident of Chicago, Illinois, USA, passed away on 2 January, at the age of 111 years, 172 days, according to the Chicago Sun-Times. She was the first African American woman...
Pennsylvania Woman Bernice Sebastian Dies at 112
Bernice Sebastian, a resident of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, passed away on 3 January, at the age of 112 years, 104 days, according to NevisPages.com. Bernice Rosalind Eugene Sebastian was born...