The youngest mayor is High School student, Michael Sessions (USA, 22 September 1987), who was elected on 8 November 2005 and sworn in as Mayor of Hillsdale, Michigan, USA at the age of 18 years, 61 days, on 21 November 2005 – following his victory over the incumbent, Douglas Ingles (USA). Despite only being able to dedicate after-school hours to his office, the Mayor is commited to his four-year term. Mr Sessions still attends Hillsdale High School, and uses his bedroom as an office! In Continue reading →

The youngest male rower to cross any ocean single-handed is Oliver Hicks (UK, b. 3 December 1981) who rowed Miss Olive, Virgin Atlantic across the Atlantic West to East solo and unsupported between 27 May and 28 September 2005 aged 23 years 175 days at the start. He rowed from Atlantic Highlands, New Jersey, USA, to St Mary’s, Isles of Scilly, UK, in 123 days 22 hr 8 min to become the first person and the youngest person to row solo and unsupported across the Continue reading →

At 21 years 155 days, Jamal Lewis (USA, b. 26 August 1979) of the Baltimore Ravens is the youngest player to ever appear in the Super Bowl. Lewis ran for 102 yards and a touchdown in a 34-7 romp over the New York Giants in Super Bowl XXXV on 28 January 2001.

The youngest person to hit 600 home runs in a Major League Baseball career is Alex Rodriguez (USA, b. 27 July 1975), who hit No. 600 at 35 years, 8 days old against the Toronoto Blue Jays on 4 August 2010. Rodriguez hit the two-run home run off of Blue Jays starting pitcher Shaun Marcum. It was hit three years to the day that Rodriguez became the youngest person to hit 500 home runs in a career. He beat the previous mark of Babe Ruth’s Continue reading →

Matthew Adams (USA) (b. 19 November 1992) had his lower two wisdom teeth removed due to lack of space at Midland Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Michigan, USA, on 24 October 2002 when he was aged 9 years 339 days.

At age 11, Emily Rosa, of Loveland, Colorado, USA, became the youngest person to have research published in a scientific or medical journal when an article she co-authored appeared in the Journal of the American Medical Association on 1 April 1998. The article reported an experiment on Touch Therapy conceived by Emily when she was only 8 years old, that later resulted in a science-fair project when she was 9. The 4th grader’s project created uproar at the time as the therapy she questioned was Continue reading →

The youngest person to fly solo around the world is Jack Wiegand (USA, b. 22 June 1992), who flew a Mooney M20R Ovation from 2 May to 29 June 2013, completing the circumnavigation in Fresno, California, USA aged 21 years 7 days. Jack flew approximately 24,000 miles during his trip.

The youngest person to dive to the Titanic is Sebastian Harris (b. 19 September 1991, USA) who at the age of 13 years, 10 months and 15 days dove to the wreck aboard the Russian submersible Mir 2 on 4 August 2005.

The youngest Pro Stock winner is Richie Stevens (USA, b. 27 September 1978) who won the Winston Finals in Pomona, California, on 18 November 1998, aged 20 years 51 days.

At 31 years 322 days, Martin Brodeur (b. 6 May 1972, Canada) playing for the New Jersey Devils (USA) became the youngest goaltender in National Hockey League (NHL) history to win 400 career regular-season games. Brodeur’s 400th victory was an overtime win over the Florida Panthers (USA) at the Office Depot Center in Miami, Florida, USA on 23 March 2004.