Also registered in Liverpool in 1912 was the birth of John Tinniswood, who has just become the world's oldest man.
Guinness World Records declared him the world's oldest man earlier this month, after the titleholder, Venezuelan Juan Vicente Pérez Mora, died at the age of 114 and 311 days.
AdvertisementThe staff at his residential home describe Tinniswood as a "big chatterbox," according to Guinness World Records.
Tinniswood is unphased by his new title, and told the Guinness World Records it "doesn't make any difference to me at all.
AdvertisementBut no matter what you're doing, "always do the best you can, whether you're learning something or whether you're teaching someone," he told Guinness World Records.
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Liverpool, Southport, Venezuelan