One of the last five known survivors of The Halifax Explosion, that occurred on December 06, 1917. She is now 101 years old and lives in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
One of the few surviving witnesses of Mahatma Gandhi's assassination in New Delhi, India in 1948. He was only 24 years old at the time, when he was a witness to the assassination. He is now 87 and lives in New Delhi
The fourth oldest person in the UK (Born: 1906) Recently celebrated her 111th birthday. Also one of the last surviving witnesses of Germany's Zeppelin raids in the UK, from 1914-1918. Lives in King's Lynn, Norfolk, UK
Polish-born Israeli secret agent and member of the Mossad intelligence agency. He was part of the team that captured Adolf Eichmann in Argentina in 1960 and brought him to Israel to stand trial. Author, painter, playwright
Navy seal, born 1945, one of the four frogmen to help recover the Apollo 11 crew and their returned capsule. The strongest swimmer, he swam with an equipment bag for the collected moon rocks to be taken out in
Vietnam/Fall of Saigon/US Marine/Personal Protective Security Unit (PPSU), the bodyguard for Ambassador Martin/beaten, bewildered & dazed when lifted from the roof of the American Embassy in a CH-46 Helicopter
Grand daughter of Georges Méliès who was a French filmmaker famous for many innovative special effects in early cinema. His grand daughter is now 88 and lives in France
Centenarian (1900-2001). One of the last Australian WWI veterans. Fought in many battles. Gassed, leaving him deaf and blind for weeks, later wounded by shrapnel
Italian born US WWII veteran and centenarian, born 1912. Through Ellis Island in 1919. Started working as a barber in the early 1920's, still a working barber at the age of 108
Author/'Cruisers for Breakfast : War Patrols of U. S. S. Darter and U. S. S. Dace'/WWII. He piloted landing craft that picked up US Marines off the islands of Iwo Jima and Guadalcanal
Research into assassination of JFK, included studies of Kennedy autopsy Xrays & Zapruder Film. In 1993 Mantik disclosed after autopsy X-rays had been altered & there were 2 shots which struck the head, & that the magic bullet is anatomically impossible
Civil Rights Activist during the Selma campaign. Was jailed as a tenth grader after student protests, and later tear gassed with his family during the Bloody Sunday March in 1965
One of the last known survivor;'s of the Armenian Genocide (Born: 1906) He was about nine years old when the genocide began in 1915. He is now 110 and lives in Los Angeles, USA
Warsaw, Poland Holocaust survivor/14 years old at time of Holocaust/Her mother went to German headquarters where they were greeted by SS Officer BrigadefÃ?hrer Johannes SchÃ?fer/posed as non-Jews
Software Engineer - Co-Creator / Developer of the Cryptocurrency Dogecoin. Originally created as a joke and based on the popular Doge Shiba Inu Internet Meme
Wife of former ABC newsman Murphy Martin, Joyce Martin sat in on every day of Jack Ruby trial, taking notes for husband while he conducted interviews outside the courtroom. Knew Jack Ruby's sisters & always sat with them during the trial
(alias Musculito) was a member of the anti-Castro movement in 1960s & later was one of 5 men recruited by G.Gordon Liddy & E. Howard Hunt in 1972 for Memorial Day weekend Watergate Burgleries 1st breakin at Democratic National Committee/DNC headqu
Age 91/Hartford Ringling Brother's Circus Fire/Featured on the front page of the newspaper July 7, 1944 as a young nurse helping with the injured and identifying the deceased
US brewer, politician, Revolutionary War officer, Second Continental Congress member (1736-1829). Perfect penmanship led to writing Washington's Army General commission and the original Declaration of Independence signed by the delegates
Japanese woman who sent a set of traditional dolls to US President John F Kennedy more than 50 years ago/Caroline Kennedy played with the dolls as a child and now has the set on display at her official residence in Tokyo/Lives in Kitami
Author of the book 'The Training and Experience of a Quaker Relief Worker'. Worked as a relief worker in post-war Germany during the aftermath of WW2. Born: 1920. Lives in West Hagley, Worcestershire, England. Now aged 96
September 3, 1910 - February 19, 1996 American soprano, concert singer, founder of the Harlem School of the Arts/noted 1st African American to sing at a presidential inauguration, performing at President Harry Truman's inaugural gala 1949
Author of The Betrayal, a memoir about his 2-year undercover infiltration of the Cali Cartel and underworld figures in Panama. Executive Producer of the major motion picture ?The Infiltrator.? Spent 27 years as a federal agent in three U.S. agencies
Dallas Police Lieutenant stationed at the Trade Mart, later part of team that investigated shooting of Oswald. Also served in the Marine Corps in the Korean War and was one of 'The Chosin Few'
United States Secret Service agent who dove toward John Hinckley Jr who had just shot President Ronald Reagan, landing atop the would-be assassin while others helped subdue him
JFK - Niece of the Ambassador Joseph P. and Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy and Charles and Margaret Kennedy Burke, cousin of President John F. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, Eunice Kennedy Shriver, Edward Moore Kennedy
JFK - Witness to the Kennedy motorcade in San Antonio, 21 November 1963; 'immortalized' in a rather unique photograph of that day that shows JFK in the motorcade and McClellan standing on a pickup truck waving at the President
Centenarian (1899-2008). One of the last women alive who voted in 1920, a 1918 Flu survivor, and the oldest Olympic torch bearer on the road to Salt Lake City in 2002
A student at Jesuit High School in Dallas in 1963, McCone and friends were at Love Field for the president's arrival and later went to Parkland Memorial Hospital after learning of the shooting
Was the medical officer of the day at the Pentagon on Nov.22/63 . Later he worked in the pathology department at Parkland Memorial and was present for Jack ruby's autopsy
US centenarian (1903-2011), contracted and survived the 1918 Spanish Flu pandemic. Entire family delirious with fever, nursed by healthy family boarders. Became a banker, dealt with the 1929 Stock Market crash and the Great Depression
Dallas historian/Was recent graduate of Southern Methodist University and working at university when she decided to go see the presidential motorcade. Years later, as Dallas historian, she worked on photographic research for The Sixth Floor
In 1963, McElroy was a funeral director and embalmer at Oneal Funeral Home in Dallas. He was at Parkland Memorial Hospital when the presidential limousine arrived, and he later helped carry President Kennedy's casket into the hospital
JFK/Jackie Kennedy's Former Assistant/Her new book, Jackie's Girl: My Life With The Kennedy Family, the former first lady?s assistant, Kathy McKeon, revealed details of the 13 years she spent with the Kennedy clan
Civil Rights Leader/Vice president of Washington, D.C. chapter of NAACP, position held until 1969/co-founded the American Association of Blacks in Energy (AABE)
Centenarian and community volunteer (b. 1909) who became known for her joyous dancing as a then-106 year old with the Obamas during a White House meeting
1960s civil rights activist/organized a boycott against a chain of stores (OK Supermarkets) that was exploiting and disrespecting the community where it relied on its profits
Dallas high-school student & Dallas Times Herald employee 1963, saw motorcade on Stemmons Freeway & gave an official a ride to Parkland Memorial Hospital. He graphically recalled the condition of the backseat of the presidential limousine
JFK - Staff Assistant for Congressional Liaisons in the Kennedy administation; started workinf for Kennedy in the 1950s; also oversaw the arrangements for President Kennedy?s funeral in 1963
A labor official who saw John Hinckley Jr attempting the assassination of President Ronald Reagan, and helped Alfred Antenucci and Secret Service agents subdue Hinckley and wrestle him to the ground
Was one of the Greensboro Four. On February 1, 1960, they sat down at a segregated lunch counter in the Greensboro, North Carolina, Woolworth's store, challenging the store's policy on segregation. This event was a major milestone in the African-American
Attorney, author and retired FBI Special Agent undercover art expert who teamed up with Joe Pistone - the real 'Donnie Brasco' - to recover millions in stolen art
Testified to Warren Commission that as a Bus Driver for the City of Dallas, about 12:40pm when he picked up a man, who told him that the President had been shot, and then a woman. The woman did not believe that the President had been shot
One of the last surviving veterans of The Contestado War, which was a guerrilla war for land between settlers and landowners that lasted from 1912 to 1916. She is now 102 and lives in Caçador, Saint Catarina, Brazil
One of the last British lighthouse keepers before automation took over. He serviced 22 lighthouses across the British Isles from the 1950's to 1998. He is now 70 and lives in the UK
American chemist, born 1933. Served as the Launch and Flight Weather Officer for the first US satellite, Explorer I in 1958. Made the call to it for two days to avoid high upper winds. Worked on the 1st Intercontinental ballistic missile. Also a champion
20 years US Navy/earned 3 Silver Stars, Bronze Star, Navy Commendation & 13 battle stars/Retired Rear Admiral WW2/author of two World War II submarine history books http://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/cgmendenhalljr.htm
Spy/Former CIA chief of disguise and specialist in clandestine photography/Living under cover and serving tours in Europe, South Asia and the Far East. She has been a practicing fine art photographer
JFK - Filmed the aftermath of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, Dallas, 22 November 1963, incl. the Texas Schoolbook Depository and the police in front of it
Mentzel saw the Kennedy motorcade in Dallas on November 22, 1963. Her late husband, Dallas police patrolman W.D. Mentzel, was assigned to the area in Oak Cliff where Officer J.D. Tippit was killed
Vietnam veteran; US Secret Service serving for Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, George H. W. Bush, and Bill Clinton (SAIC); 19th Director of the United States Secret Service
One of only twelve known survivors of the Khmer Rouge imprisonment in the S-21 Tuol Sleng camp, where more than 16,000 Cambodians were sent for execution
Social psychologist University of Zurich, Recognized as Frank, the world's first real bionic man and star of the popular documentary 'The Incredible Bionic Man,' which premiered on the Smithsonian channel in October, 2013
WWII veteran and car designer, born 1926. Served on the USS Bunker Hill, surviving 2 kamikaze attacks, once jumping off board to avoid a fire that killed hundreds. Later gained fame as the designer of the classic dune buggy car, named the Meyers Manx, rid
Owner of radio station WRAJ in Anna , Ill , in '63 , Don reported news of JFK's assassination and was one of the earliest to broadcast the name of suspect Oswald
Survivor of 1944 Hartford Circus Fire/Recalls seeing the fire from inside the tent in the bleachers as the high wire act was in progress. Escaped from the bleachers where grandfather tossed each of kids to the ground & father caught them
Dallas OBGYN on staff at Parkland Hospital when JFK arrived after shooting. One of the first doctors to see Kennedy, he was told to bring a stretcher to the emergency bay, and there was shocked to find the limo scene. Helped remove Kennedy from the limo,
Welsh Professor who was a tutor to a 20 year old Prince Charles. It was portrayed in the tv show the 'Tywysog Cymru' episode of The Crown. He was vice president of Plaid Cymru, a political party advocating Welsh independence from the United Kingdom
The third Disneyland Ambassador (1967). She also guest hosted the 'Wonderful World of Disney' episode 'From Pirates of the Caribbean to the World of Tomorrow.'
Memorist and thirty-five yeas Member of Parliament of the Grenadines. Longest serving Prime Minister in the Caribbean, Only leader who founded a political party, and retired from office after winning four consecutive general elections
Attorney General 1969-1972 under President Nixon. NY municipal bond lawyer, director of Nixon's 1968 presidential campaign, served director of Nixon's 1972 presidential campaign. His involvement in Watergate affair, sentenced him to prison
World War 2 Vet, 98, said he can remember what he saw when he was among the first Marines to enter Nagasaki in Sept 1945. A few weeks before they arrived, the U.S. had dropped an atomic bomb on the city, which led to Japan's surrender
Produced & directed films for Sixth Floor Museum, joined Peace Corps immediately after President Kennedy announced the launch of the program in 1961 serving as a member of the Peace Corps in Sierra Leone at the time of the assassination
First law enforcement officer to get to the 6th floor and found the gun shells and determined that the shots had come from that area/JFK John F. Kennedy Assassination
British war hero born 1920 who raised more than 30 million dollars to Corona charity by walking in his yard. 2020 fundraising walk..Also the oldest person to have a number 1 hit in the UK With song you will never walk alone
Spy/Deputy director of the Central Intelligence Agency and served as acting director twice in 2011 and from 2012 to 2013. Morell retired from his post on August 9, 2013/CIA's first associate deputy director from 2006 to 2008
Henry Morgenthau III (born January 11, 1917) is a centenarian and an American author and television producer, and scion of the famous Morgenthau dynasty and member of the Lehman family
French philosopher and sociologist of the theory of information who has been recognized for his work on complexity and 'complex thought' (pensée complexe)
US Politician, VT (1810-98) House 1855-67, Senate 1867-98. One of the founders of the Rep. Party. Pushed laws for federal funds to colleges, creation of Statuary Hall in the Capitol, helped draft 14th Amendment
Cpl. /One of three Marines that lowered the Embassy flag in Cuba the last time when the Embassy closed in 1961/ Marines who lowered the flag at the U.S. Embassy in Havana 5+ decades raise the Stars and Stripes once again there
Costume shop owner with her late husband Philip. Claimed to have made and sold a gorilla suit in 1967 to Roger Patterson months before he filmed the famous Bigfoot sighting. He bought extra fur from them to modify the suit they sold him
American radio reporter best known for his dramatic report of the Hindenburg disaster, a catastrophic fire that destroyed the LZ 129 Hindenburg zeppelin on May 6, 1937, killing 36 people
Otolaryngologist, US WWII Army Air Corps, born 1925. Served at end of WWII, used GI Bill to get doctorate. While with the US Public Health Service, he delivered Alaska's first baby, 30 minutes after Eisenhower announced it was a new state
WW2/From Bramble Edge in Dorset, Wren working in Newmanry Registration Room receiving German messages from intercept site at Knockholt, near Sevenoaks in Kent on punched paper teleprinter tapes, prepared for Colossus and logging the results
American journalist, born 1932. Covered the Little Rock Nine story for the Arizona Gazette, helping it win a Pulitzer. Covered later world events. Chicago Tribune's London corespondent for many years. Retired there, awarded an honorary MBE
American urban planner, public official (1888-1981). Controversial figure led projects including Triborough Bridge, Jones Beach, Shea Stadium, Lincoln Center, and 1964 World's Fair. Later questions on if his work did more harm than good
JFK/After military service, he was a member of the staff of the Warren Commission (President's Commission on the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy) and a clerk to California Supreme Court Justice Mathew Tobriner
Member of the Little Rock Nine; group of African-American students who enrolled in all-white Little Rock Central High School in 1957. Awarded Congressional Gold Medal in 1999
Born: 1900. She is now 112 and is one of the worlds oldest people and is the last living survivor of The 1902 eruption of Mount Pelée, the worst volcanic disaster of the 20th century. She lives in Basse-Pointe, Martinique, Carribean. Irenise Jean-Baptise
Supercentenarian (1893-2004). Born in Canada, she witnessed bodies being brought in from the Titanic to be buried in Halifax, plus was one of the last survivors of the huge 1917 Halifax ammunition explosion that killed 2,000 people. Moved to Boston in 192
1960s civil rights activist who accomplished Extraordinary Deeds changing face of the Nation & began Modern Civil Rights Movement."/founding chair Chicano Studies department in 1968 at California State University & founding chair of NACCS)
Russian journalist, television presenter and the editor-in-chief of the Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta. He was awarded the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize jointly with Maria Ressa
Newsman. Dallas TV reporter who worked on the scene of the JFK/Oswald shootings for NBC, who he then began a career with. Led one of the few JFK colorcasts, which B&W NBC soon shut down to save face. On the scene at Parkland when Oswald died and cover
Centenarian (1899-2009). 1918 Flu survivor. One of the last living women to vote in the 1920 election. Teacher, and reading advocate throughout her life. Died 3 days before her 110th birthday
One of the last survivors from The Halifax Explosion that occured on Thursday, December 6, 1917, when the city of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, was devastated by the huge detonation of the SS Mont-Blanc. She is now 97 and resides in Halifax, Nova Scota
Survivor Korean Death March/29th Regimental Combat Team/Captured at Oneui on July 26, 1950, marched 40 miles south of the Manchurian border, some 600 miles. POW for 3 months & was one of 23 survivors of 1,500 captured men
Was stripper at Jack Ruby's Carousel Club at the time of the Kennedy Assassination/ True Tales, the new movie about her life as a cabaret star in 1960s showrooms like Ruby?s clubs and the Skyliner Ballroom in Fort Worth