A Kazakh woman is reportedly due to celebrate her 130th birthday. Officials in Kazakhstan say that Sakhan Dosova is the oldest woman alive by 16 years. People at Guinness Book of World Records are searching to confirm her age. Discovered by the census, Kazakh officials are pressing for a more detailed background check on the confirmation of her age.The Daily Mail: Is this woman really as old as the LIGHT BULB?... (March 27, 2009)
The Year 1879
- Edison invented the light bulb
- Anglo-Zulu Wars started
- Albert Einstein, Leon Trotsky and Joseph Stalin were born
- 13" of snow falls in New York City
- Madison Square Garden opens
- F. W. Woolworth opens 1st store
- British troops occupy Kabul, Afghanistan
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Mother of 10
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Discovered during a census survey
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The Department of Karaganga regional statistics bureau states that there is no doubt she is 130 years old
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Married twice
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Widowed at the Battle of Stalingrad
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Three of her ten children are still alive
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Was tenwhen Hitler was born
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Was 60 when World War II started
