World's Oldest Grandpa Stops At Age 116

In the 1920s, Kimura also worked as a government communications worker in Korea, then a colony of the Empire of Japan.

Four of Kimura's siblings lived past the age of 90, and his youngest brother died at the age of 100.

Kimura was born as Kinjiro Miyake (三宅 金治郎 Miyake Kinjirō?) on April 19, 1897 in the fishing village of Kamiukawa, the third of six children born to farmers Morizo and Fusa Miyake. According to Kimura's nephew, Kimura's birthday was recorded as April 19, 1897 instead of March 19, 1897 in 1955 by mistake when records from neighboring towns were consolidated and re-done.[4] He finished school second in his class at age 14 and commenced working from local post offices around the age of 17. He retired in 1962 at the age of 65, having worked in post offices for 45 years.

THE GREAT DEPRESSION: The Great Depression, an immense tragedy that placed millions of Americans out of work, was the beginning of government involvement in the economy and in society as a whole. Dates: 1929 -- early 1940s

THE Y2K PROBLEM: The Year 2000 problem was a problem for both digital (computer-related) and non-digital documentation and data storage situations which resulted from the practice of abbreviating a four-digit year to two digits.

THE WRIGHT BROTHER'S FIRST FLIGHT: At 10:35 a.m. on December 17, 1903, Orville Wright flew the Flyer for 12 seconds over 120 feet of ground. This was the first flight of an airplane.

CREATION OF THE LIGHTBULB: Thomas Edison's greatest challenge was the development of a practical incandescent, electric light. In 1879, using lower current electricity, a small carbonized filament, and an improved vacuum inside the globe, he was able to produce a reliable, long-lasting source of light.

The evolution of the telephone

JAPANESE INVASION OF MALAYSA: The Japanese Invasion of Malaya (also called the Battle of Kota Bharu) began just after midnight on 8 December 1941 before the attack on Pearl Harbor. It was the first major battle of the Pacific War, and was fought between ground forces of the British Indian Army and the Empire of Japan.

WORLD WAR 2: The war in Europe began in earnest on September 1, 1939 with the invasion of Poland by Nazi Germany, and concluded on September 2, 1945, with the official surrender of the last Axis nation, Japan. However, in Asia the war began earlier with Japanese interventions in China, and in Europe, the war ended earlier with the unconditional surrender of Germany on May 8, 1945.

World War I (WWI) was a global war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918. What started out as a local European war soon became a global war. World War I was the first war that involved nations (28 to be exact).

Amelia Mary Earhart, born also in 1897, disappeared on July 2, 1937. Earhart was the first female pilot to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. During an attempt to make a circumnavigational flight of the globe in 1937 in a Purdue-funded Lockheed Model 10 Electra, Earhart disappeared over the central Pacific Ocean near Howland Island. Fascination with her life, career and disappearance continues to this day.

PEARL HARBOUR: On the morning of December 7, 1941, the Japanese launched a surprise air attack on the U.S. Naval Base at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. After just two hours of bombing, more than 2,400 Americans were dead, 21 ships* had either been sunk or damaged, and more than 188 U.S. aircraft destroyed.

The first television was invented in Scotland by Dr. John Logie Baird, an Scottish electronics engineer. His first prototype model was first demonstrated in 1926, to an assembled gathering from the Royal Society. The following year, he developed colour TV transmission and reception.

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