Never Too Late

Posted October 2, 2007, 6:08 pm in Aging by Growing Bolder

At Age 60
	In 1881, Clara Barton founded the American Red Cross.
	In 1965, Satchel Paige throws three innings for Kansas City, becoming the oldest player to ever pitch in the Major Leagues. Click Here to watch our story on Negro League All-Stars.
At Age 62
	In 1885, Louis Pasteur gives the first injection against rabies.
	In 1969, John Wayne wins an Oscar for "True Grit."
At Age 68
	In 1966, Lillian Carter, President Jimmy Carter's mother, joins the Peace Corps and spends the next two years working as a nurse near Bombay, India.
At Age 70
	In 1543, Copernicus, the Father of modern astronomy, published his then revolutionary theory that the Earth revolved around the sun.
	In 1984, Fitness guru Jack LaLanne tows 70 boats with 70 people from New York's Queen's Way Bridge in the Long Beach Harbor to the Queen Mary for 1 1⁄2 miles. Oh, and he was handcuffed, shackled and fighting strong winds and currents at the time. Click Here to Listen to the GB Radio Interview with Jack.

At Age 60

In 1881, Clara Barton founded the American Red Cross.
In 1965, Satchel Paige throws three innings for Kansas City, becoming the oldest player to ever pitch in the Major Leagues. Click Here to watch our story on Negro League All-Stars.

At Age 62

In 1885, Louis Pasteur gives the first injection against rabies.
In 1969, John Wayne wins an Oscar for "True Grit."

At Age 68

In 1966, Lillian Carter, President Jimmy Carter's mother, joins the Peace Corps and spends the next two years working as a nurse near Bombay, India.

At Age 70

In 1543, Copernicus, the Father of modern astronomy, published his then revolutionary theory that the Earth revolved around the sun.
In 1984, Fitness guru Jack LaLanne tows 70 boats with 70 people from New York's Queen's Way Bridge in the Long Beach Harbor to the Queen Mary for 1 1⁄2 miles. Oh, and he was handcuffed, shackled and fighting strong winds and currents at the time. Click Here to Listen to the GB Radio Interview with Jack.

At Age 73

In 1981, Rex Harrison launches an 11-month tour in "My Fair Lady." Cathleen Nesbitt, 92, plays his mother.

At Age 74

In 1981, Katherine Hepburn stars in "On Golden Pond" with 76-year-old Henry Fonda.

At Age 76

In 2002, former U.S. President Jimmy Carter wins the Nobel Peace Prize for advancing democracy and human rights.
In 1994, Nelson Mandela becomes the first black president of South Africa.
In 1819, Thomas Jefferson opens the University of Virginia after designing its buildings and planning its curriculum.

At Age 77

In 1998, John Glenn returns to space aboard the space shuttle Discovery, becoming the oldest person to ever fly in space.
In 1951, Winston Churchill returns to power as prime minister of England.

At Age 78

In 2004, Alan Greenspan begins his fifth term as Chairman of the Federal Reserve.

At Age 79

In 1900, Clara Barton spends six weeks directing flood relief efforts for victims of the Galveston, Texas floods.

At Age 80

In 1555, Michelangelo is still painting, sculpting and writing poetry.
In 1975, George Burns wins an Academy Award for his performance in "The Sunshine Boys".

At Age 81

In 1931, Goethe completes his masterpiece, Faust.

At Age 82

In 1956, Winston Churchill wrote "A History of the English-Speaking Peoples".
In 1994, Fred Lasby completes a solo around-the-world flight in his single-engine Piper Commanche.
In 1976, Norman Rockwell completes his final painting. Click here to watch a story on the family Rockwell made famous.

At Age 83

In 1789, Benjamin Franklin adds to a long list of inventions with something every midlifer can use -- bifocal glasses.

At Age 84

In 1958, W. Somerset Maugham wrote Points of View at 84.

At Age 85

In 1969, Coco Chanel headed up her own fashion design firm

At Age 86

In 1961, Robert Frost recites his poem "The Gift Outright" from memory at the inauguration of President John F. Kennedy.
In 1995, Frank Lloyd Wright is still designing homes and buildings and publishes, "The Natural House."

At Age 88

In 1997, Mother Teresa is still working with the Missionaries of Charity.
In 2007, Andora Quinby, who took up weightlifting at age 78, smashes the world record for her age group by dead lifting 100 pounds. (Click here to listen to GB's interview with Andora)

At Age 89

In 1964, Albert Schweitzer headed a hospital in Africa.
In 1976, Arthur Rubinstein gave one of his finest performances at Carnegie Hall at age 89.
In 1979, Colonel Harlan Sanders is traveling 245,000 miles a year visiting Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurants worldwide.

At Age 90

In 1971, Pablo Picasso is still at work as a painter, as is Georgia O'Keefe in 1977.
In 2005, "Banana George" Blair becomes the oldest person to ever go barefoot waterskiing. (Click here to watch him in action)

At Age 91

In 1932, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. was still writing U.S. Supreme Court opinions.
In 1964, Adolph Zukor was Chairman of Paramount Pictures. After retiring, he remained Chairman emeritus until his death at age 103.

At Age 93

In 1949, George Bernhard Shaw wrote the play "Farfetched Fables."
In 2007, the legendary Frankie Manning releases his autobiography, "Frankie Manning: Ambassador of Lindy Hop." It reaches No. 7 on Amazon.com's best-seller list. To celebrate, a swing dance party is planned with Frankie leading the way on the dance floor. (Click here to listen to GB's interview with Frankie)

At Age 94

In 1971, Pablo Casals conducted a special concert at the United Nations
In 1978, Catherine Booth, commissioner of the Salvation Army in the United Kingdom, is chosen Toastmaster's Best Speaker of the Year.
In 2006, Buck O'Neil signs with minor league team and becomes the oldest man to ever play professional baseball.

At Age 96

In 1993, Stanley Wood of Shoreham-by-Sea, England, is at the controls of a Piper Cherokee, capping a flying career that spans more than 80 percent of the history of aviation.

At Age 97

In 1970, Bertrand Russell was Instrumental in international peace efforts.
In 2007, Roger Gentilhomme earns his fifth trip to the Senior Olympics by capturing gold medals in shuffleboard, bowling and tennis at the Florida Senior Games. He's named the state's male athlete of the year. (Click here to listen to GB's interview with Roger)

At Age 98

In 1976, Dimitrion Yordanidis becomes the oldest person to complete a marathon. In Athens, Greece, he runs 26 miles in 7 hours, 33 minutes.

At Age 100

In 1960, Grandma Moses illustrates Clement C. Moore's "The Night Before Christmas." It's published after her death.
In 1994, Ichijirou Araya climbs Mt. Fuji in Japan, a 12,388-foot mountain.

At Age 102

In March 1971, Alice Pollock of Haslemere, England, publishes her first book, "Portrait of My Victorian Youth."
In 1991, Minnie Munro marries Dudley Reid, 83, in New South Wales, Australia.

At Age 109

In 2008, Ruth Hamilton, the world's oldest blogger, says she asks God why she's still living. "And all I hear is shut up." (Click here to watch her 109th birthday party.)

At Age 116

In 1981, Shigechiyo Izumi, the world's oldest person, is visited on his birthday by the prime minister of Japan.

At Age 122

In 1997, Jeanne Louise Clement of France dies. She's the oldest living person whose date can be authenticated. She took up fencing at 85, still rode a bicycle at 100 and released a rap CD at 121.

At Ages 900+

The Book of Genesis says that Adam died at 930, Noah at 950 and Methuselah at 969. Methuselah died the same year as Noah's flood.

Never Too Late

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