Notable Examples of "lasts"
- Daniel F. Bakeman, the last surviving veteran of the Revolutionary War
- Hiram Cronk, the last surviving veteran of The War of 1812
- Owen Thomas Edgar, the last surviving veteran of the Mexican-American War
- Albert Woolson, the last surviving Civil War Veteran
- John B. Salling, the last surviving Confederate States of America (U.S.) Civil War Veteran
- Jones Morgan, the last surviving Spanish-American War Veteran
- George Ives, the last surviving veteran of the Second Boer War
- Charles Carroll of Carrollton, the last surviving signer of Declaration of Independence
- Philipp von Boeselager, the last surviving member of the group that tried to assassinate Adolf Hitler in 1944
- Ishi, the last of the Yahi
- Mauritius Dodo, the last surviving dodo
- Martha, the last surviving passenger pigeon
- Benjamin, the last surviving Thylacine –
- Szczerbiec, the last surviving piece of the Polish Crown Jewels
- May 30, 1935, Babe Ruth plays in his final game
- January 2, 1971, the last tobacco advertising on American television
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Famous quotes containing the words notable, examples and/or lasts:
“In one notable instance, where the United States Army and a hundred years of persuasion failed, a highway has succeeded. The Seminole Indians surrendered to the Tamiami Trail. From the Everglades the remnants of this race emerged, soon after the trail was built, to set up their palm-thatched villages along the road and to hoist tribal flags as a lure to passing motorists.”
—For the State of Florida, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)
“It is hardly to be believed how spiritual reflections when mixed with a little physics can hold people’s attention and give them a livelier idea of God than do the often ill-applied examples of his wrath.”
—G.C. (Georg Christoph)
“Skepticism is provisional, even if it lasts a lifetime.”
—José Bergamín (1895–1983)