This guy is allowed to Bragg about it
While Malaysia is still searching for her first Nobel prize winner, Sir William Lawrence Bragg (1890-1971) had already set an extremely high standard. He’s the youngest ever Nobel Prize winner at the...
View ArticleThe world’s youngest divorcee
Nujood Ali, 9 of Yemen walked out of her abusive 2-month old marriage in April 2008. She is probably the world’s youngest ever reported divorcee, although there’s a reported case of an 8-year-old girl...
View ArticleBest young pianist: aged 6 years or younger
Emily Bear of the USA was born 30th August 2001. She’s a true prodigy: when she was a year old she could already sing lullabies in perfect pitch. At 3, she was already composing her own music. At 6 she...
View ArticleYoungest person ever executed
Hannah Ocuish (1774-1786), an American Indian, is the youngest person ever executed in America, and probably the world, when she was hanged at the age of 12 years and 9 months on 20th December 1786 in...
View ArticleYoungest chain smoker
In June 2009 I came across a newsreport about Tong Liangliang, 2 of China who started at 18 months old, and by his 2nd birthday was smoking a pack of cigarettes a day. His teacher? His own father who...
View ArticleYoungest person to be sued
It was reported by the BBC on 30th October 2010 that in April 2009, Julie Breitman and another kid, both aged 4, raced their kiddie-size bicycles on the pavement in Manhattan, New York, USA. They were...
View ArticleYoungest ever Time’s person of the year
Person of the Year (formerly known as Man of the Year) is produced annually by prominent US-based magazine Time that features “a person, couple, group, idea, place, or machine that for better or for...
View ArticleYoungest Olympic gold medallist to die
Samuel Wanjiru (born November 1986) of Kenya won the marathon at the 2008 Olympics in Olympic record time (2:06:32), the first Kenyan to win Olympic gold in the event. The feat shattered the 24-year...
View ArticleYoungest ever world and Olympic champion in any sport
Fu Mingxia (born 16th August 1978) of China won the 10m platform at the 1991 World Aquatics Championships, making her the youngest ever world champion in any sport. The next year, aged 13, she won gold...
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