Edna Parker will turn 115 years old on Sunday – she is the oldest living person alive on earth right now. We should all be so lucky. Parker was born in 1893 and is part of a demographic of people called “supercentarians” or people who live over the age of 110. The only negatives about her life are that she saw her husband pass before her - 70 years ago - and both of her sons passed before her. But those sons also gave her 5 grandchildren, 13 great grand children and 13 more great great grandchildren whose pictures adorn her Shelbyville, Indiana nursing home room.
Here’s a trip for you historians. All of these events happened after Parker was born.
W. K. Dickson applied for a US Patent for motion picture film.
Coca-Cola started selling their product in bottles.
The United States Supreme Court officially declares the tomato a vegetable.
Kokichi Mikimoto develops the method to seed and grow cultured pearls.
Ghandi had his first act of disobedience.
Norman Rockwell was born.
Georgianna Drew Barrymore died. (Great Great grandmother of actress Drew Barrymore).
The Biltmore House in Ashville, NC was opened.
Babe Ruth was born.
The first professional football game was played in Latrobe, Pennsylvania.
And guess what she’s getting for her birthday? A photo album.
To read more about Edna Parker, click the following link.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080418/ap_on_he_me/oldest_human_research
