List of last occurrences
The following is a list of last occurrences. It can consist of last events, such as the last sending of a Western Union telegram; the last monarch of a monarchy (by either death or abdication); or the death of the last member of a group of people.
Chronological
2009
2008
August 22 - Gladys Powers , last female veteran of World War I , dies at age 109.
June 27 - Francesco Domenico Chiarello , last soldier to see action in both World Wars , dies at age 109.
May 28 - Gyanendra abdicates as King of Nepal , dissolving the last Hindu monarchy.
May 27 - Franz Künstler , last Central Powers combatant of World War I , dies at age 107.
May 20 - Zelma Henderson , last plaintiff in Brown v. Board of Education , dies at age 88.
May 12 - Irena Sendler , last member of Children's Section of the ?egota Council for Assistance to the Jews , dies at age 98.
May 1 - Philipp von Boeselager , last member of the July 20 Plot , dies at age 90.
April 14 - Ollie Johnston , last of Disney's Nine Old Men , dies at age 95.
April 12 - Barbara McDermott , last American passenger of RMS Lusitania , dies at age 95.
April 2 - Yakup Satar , last Turkish combatant of World War I, dies at age 110.
February 6 - Tony Rolt , last survivor of the first F1 World Championship race , dies at age 89.
January 21 - Marie Smith Jones , last native Eyak language speaker, dies in Alaska at age 89.
January 12 - Stanis?aw Wycech , last Polish combatant of World War I, dies at age 105.
January 11 - José Bello , last member of the "Generation of '27 ", dies at age 103.
January 1 - Erich Kästner , last German combatant of World War I, dies at age 107.
2007
October 17 - Joey Bishop , last surviving member of the Rat Pack , dies at age 89.[1]
October 2 - Lady Katherine Brandram , the last living great-granddaughter of Queen Victoria , dies at age 94.[2]
July 23 - Mohammed Zahir Shah , last king of Afghanistan, dies at age 92. [3]
May 27 - Wilhelm Remmert, last Eastern Front trench veteran of World War I, dies at age 107.
April 9 - Prince Wilhelm Karl of Prussia , the last living grandchild of Kaiser Wilhelm II , dies at age 85.[4]
March 29 - Lloyd Brown , last surviving U.S. Navy veteran of World War I, dies at age 105.[5]
March 27 - Charlotte Winters , last surviving female U.S. veteran of World War I, dies at age 109.[6]
March 13 - Ekaterina Romanov de Farace di Villaforesta, last living member of the Russian imperial family born before the February Revolution , dies in Montevideo , Uruguay, at age 91.
2006
2005
2004
2002
1999
1997
1995
1991
1989
1987
1983
1981
1980
1978
1974
Unknown date - Lt. Hiroo Onoda becomes the last Japanese soldier to surrender after World War II , after hiding in the Philippines for nearly thirty years.[17]
1971
1967
1955
1952
1950
1941
1936
1932
1927
1922
1917
1916
1914
1911
1899
1870
1836
1832
1829
1806
1788
1699
1520
1453
1074
476
Topical
Titanic survivors
War Veterans
See also
References
Further reading
Corsinet : Unusual, unique, and uncommon facts about a diversity of subjects: The End: Famous Endings, the Last of Things
Brahms, William B. ; Notable Last Facts : A Compendium of Endings, Conclusions, Terminations and Final Events Throughout History ISBN 0-9765325-0-6
Panati, Charles, "Extraordinary Endings of Practically Everything and Everybody", New York, New York: Harper and Row, 1989
Slee, Christopher, "The Chameleon Book of Lasts", Huntington, England: Chameleon Publishing Ltd, 1990 ISBN 1-871469-31-7
Slee, Christopher, "The Guinness Book of Lasts", Enfield, England: Guinness Publishing , 1994
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