Du Pinhua of China is a claimant to the world's oldest person title. She was allegedly born April 22, 1886 and lives in Leshan. According to the Shanghai branch of Guinness World Records (and in apparent defiance of Guinness' London headquarters), Du Pinhua was proclaimed the world's oldest person in 2002. The claim disappeared for almost four years before resurfacing in April2006, when it was claimed that Du celebrated her 120th birthday. Again, her age has not been internationally recognized. A supercentenarian (sometimes hyphenated super-centenarian) is someone who has reached the age of 110 years or more, something achieved by only one in a thousand centenarians (1/10th of 1%, based on European data). ... April 22 is the 112th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (113th in leap years). ... 1886 (MDCCCLXXXVI) is a common year starting on Friday (click on link to calendar) // Events January 18 - Modern field hockey is born with the formation of The Hockey Association in England. ... Leshan (Simplified Chinese: ä¹å±±; Traditional Chinese: 樂山; Pinyin: LèshÄn; Wade-Giles: Le-shan) is a prefecture-level city in Sichuan province of the Peoples Republic of China. ... Shanghai (Chinese: ; pinyin: ; Shanghainese: ), situated on the banks of the Yangtze River Delta in East China, is the largest city of the Peoples Republic of China and the eighth largest in the world. ... Ben Bradshaw moments before breaking the worlds fastest Straitjacket escape title in 50. ... London (pronounced ) is the capital city of England and the United Kingdom. ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... April is the fourth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of four with the length of 30 days. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
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