Joe Cada (USA, b. 18 November 1987), became the youngest winner of the World Series of Poker main event at the age of 21 years, 357 days on 10 November 2009. Cada outdueled poker pros Phil Ivey and Jeff Shulman for the title. He also competed in the No-Limit Hold’em $1,500 Buy-In tournament (17th place finish) and the No-Limit Hold’em $2,500 Buy-in (64th place) at the same 2009 WSOP.

The youngest individual to score 5,000 points in an NBA career is LeBron James (b. 30 December 1984, USA), aged 21 years 22 days. While playing for the Cleveland Cavaliers (USA) James scored 51 points against the Utah Jazz (USA) in Salt Lake City, Utah (USA) on 21 January 2006, surpassing the mark previously held by Kobe Bryant (b. 23 August 1978), who was 22 years 116 days when he scored his 5,000th point playing for the Los Angeles Lakers (USA) in 2000.

The youngest individual to score 25,000 points in an NBA career is Kobe Bryant ((b. 23 August 1978, USA) who was 31 years and 151 days old at the time he reached the mark. He achieved this whilst playing for the Los Angeles Lakers, on 21 January 2010. Kobe Bryant scored a free throw to reach the 25,000 points milestone. He achieved this record in 35 fewer days than Wilt Chamberlain (USA). He is the 15th player with most points in the history of the Continue reading →

At 25 years 79 days, LeBron James (b. 30 December 1984, USA) is the youngest player in NBA history to score 15,000 career points. James reached the mark while playing for the Cleveland Cavaliers (USA) against the Chicago Bulls (USA) on 19 March 2010.

The youngest individual to score 15,000 points in an NBA career is LeBron James (b. 30 December 1984, USA), aged 25 years 79 days while playing for the Cleveland Cavaliers (USA) against the Chicago Bulls (USA) on 19 March 2010. James smashed the previous record held by Kobe Bryant, reaching the milestone 2 years and 57 days before Bryant. It also took James only 540 career games to reach the mark, compared to 657 for Bryant. James broke the record with a free throw in Continue reading →

The youngest individual to score 10,000 points in an NBA career is Lebron James (b. 30 December 1984, USA), aged 23 years and 59 days. While playing for the Cleveland Cavaliers (USA), Lebron James scored 26 points against the Boston Celtics (USA), in Boston, Massachussets, USA, on 27 February 2007, surpassing the mark previously held by Kobe Bryant (b. 23 August 1978), who was 24 years 193 days old when he scored his 10,000th point playing for the Los Angeles Lakers (USA) in 2003. It Continue reading →

The youngest female golfer to score a hole-in-one is Soona Lee-Tolley (USA), aged 5 years 103 days at the par 3 7th at Manhattan Woods Golf Club, West Nyack, New York, USA, on 1 July 2007. The hole is a 125 yards long. Soona’s older brothers are succesful young golf players as well.

LeBron James is the youngest Most Valuable Player award winner of the NBA All-Star Game (21 years, 51 days), scoring 29 points and sparking a second-half comeback as the Eastern Conference rallied for a 122-120 victory over the Western Conference, in Houston, Texas, on 19 February 2006. Oscar Robertson (b. 24 November 1938) was the previous youngest winner in 1961 (22 years, 55 days). James is also the first member of the Cleveland Cavaliers (USA) to win All-Star MVP honors.

The youngest person to have an appendectomy was Sebastian Perez (b. 31 July, 2009, IN, USA) when he was just 9 days old at the Riley Hospital for Children, Indianapolis, on 9 August, 2009. Sebastian was recovering well at the time of discharge and after a few complications.

Keisha Castle-Hughes (New Zealand) (b. 24 March 1990) was aged 13 years 309 days when she was nominated for the Best Actress award on 27 January 2004 for her role of Paikea ‘Pai’ Apirana in Whale Rider (NZ/Ger 2002). She was 11 when she made the film – her first acting role.    Name  Born  Film  Nominated  Age  Keisha Castle-Hughes (New Zealand)  24 March 1990  Whale Rider (NZ/Ger 2002)  27 January 2004  13 years 309 days  Isabelle Adjani (France)  27 June 1955  L’ Histoire d’Adèle Continue reading →