Man's 116th Birthday: Worlds Oldest Man to have Ever lived Celebrated his 116th Birthday Yesterday.


Yesterday was the 116th Birthday of the oldest person to have ever lived, Jiroemon Kimura of Japan.
Mr. Kimura was born April 19, 1897 and was named the world's oldest person by Guinness World Records on December 17, 2012 when American, Dina Manfredini, died. He is now the oldest man who has ever lived, of those whose ages have been officially verified.  He takes the title from a man named Christian Mortensen of California, who died in 1998 at 115 years and 252 days old.

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