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Last Known Person Born in the 19th Century Dies

posted by chromas on Monday April 23 2018, @07:00PM   
from the tennessine dept.

takyon writes:

World's oldest person, last survivor of 19th century, dies in Japan at 117

The century of Lincoln, Darwin and Van Gogh has quietly passed into history with the death of the world's oldest known person and last survivor of the 19th century.

Nabi Tajima, 117, died in a hospital Saturday in Kikai, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan's Kyodo News reported. Tajima had been mostly bedridden at a nursing home in recent years. She was hospitalized about a month ago, family members told the news service.

Also at The Washington Post.

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• Re:What a Ride Re:What a Ride (Score: 4, Interesting) by Thexalon on Monday April 23 2018, @08:01PM (2 children)

  by Thexalon (636) on Monday April 23 2018, @08:01PM (#670856)

  It's hardly the only dramatic century in Japanese history. For instance, the previous century had seen the Boshin War between the shogun and the emperor, followed by the modernization following victory by Emperor Meiji. And if you go back into feudal Japan, you're talking about warring daimyo on a regular basis.

  The idea that there has ever been a time when things didn't change much has no basis in recorded history.

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  The only thing that stops a bad guy with a compiler is a good guy with a compiler.

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• Re:What a Ride (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 23 2018, @08:08PM

  by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 23 2018, @08:08PM (#670859)

  And if you go back into feudal Japan, you're talking about warring daimyo on a regular basis.

  And Jackie Chan was in all of them!!!

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• That's a straw man. Nobody claimed it was the only (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 23 2018, @08:28PM

  by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 23 2018, @08:28PM (#670866)

  Also, nobody claimed "there has ever been a time when things didn't change much".

  Don't you get tired of building up fake arguments and then tearing them down?

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