Oldest hang glider pilot
As of 2005, Neal Goss, Jr (USA; b. 26 October 1920) was an active hang glider pilot, flying several times each month. Update email received that he’s still active as of 18 May 2007.
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Oldest graduate
The oldest graduate is Allan Stewart (Australia, b. 7 March 1915) who received a Bachelor of Laws degree aged 91 years 214 days, when he graduated from the University of New England, New South Wales, Australia, on 7 October 2006.
Oldest golf course
The Old Course at St Andrews Links in Fife, Scotland, UK, is the oldest golf course in the world. Archbishop Hamilton’s Charter in 1552 is the earliest documentary evidence that allowed the people of St Andrews to play golf on the Links. The charter is principally a license to allow Archbishop Hamilton to breed rabbits on the links but the document also allows them to continue the “playing at golf, futball, schuting at all gamis, with all uther maner of pastyme as ever thai plais.”
Oldest goat ever
The world’s oldest goat ever is McGinty who lived until the grand age of 22 years 5 months. Until her death in November 2003, McGinty was owned by Doris C. Long (UK) of Hayling Island, Hampshire, UK. McGinty is a male pygmy goat. The average life span of pygmy goats is 10-15 years.
Oldest international human rights organisation
Anti-Slavery International is the world’s oldest human rights organisation. Its roots stretch back to 1787 when the first abolitionist society was formed. The British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society (BFASS) was officially created on 17 April 1839 to crusade against slavery and the slave trade throughout the world. To this day, the organisation continues the fight against human trafficking, traditional slavery, child prostitution and all forms of forced and bonded labour. This broad-based society was at the forefront of the movements to abolish the slave trade Continue reading →
Oldest living father
In August 2007, Nanu Ram Jogi (India) celebrated the birth of what he believes is his 21st child a daughter, named Girija at the grand old age of 90, making him the oldest known dad in the world. He fathered his first child in 1943, and hopes to continue having babies until he reaches 100 years old. His current wife (the fourth) was previously married to his son, who died in 1997.
Oldest living curling player
The oldest active curler is Stephen Gittus (Canada, b. 17 February 1910), who continued to play in competitions on a regular basis at the Kamloops Curling Club in Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada, as of 18 November 2010. Gittus did not take up the sport until he turned 43, having returned from service in World War II and taking up curling as a way to meet new friends after having been posted to Quebec City. Gittus also served in the Korean War and was a professional Continue reading →
Oldest living creature
The oldest living creature is the Triops cancriformis, or tadpole shrimps, which are said to be the oldest pedigree of any living creature and fossil evidence suggests that they have hardly changed in the 200 million years they have existed. The tadpole shrimps are classed as endangered in the UK, but 2 colonies were found alive and well in July 2010 in the Caerlaverock nature reserve on the English coast line.
Oldest living chicken
The oldest living chicken is Muffy, a Red Quill Muffed American Game, who at 22 years old as of 2011, was born on 01 Jan 1989 and belongs to Todd Mcwilliams from Maryland, USA.