Whats the shortest term for being the oldest person in the world?
Mitoyo Kawate and Florence Knapp are the 2 that have been the oldest person in the world for the shortest period. Mitoyo Kawate was oldest for only 13 days, while Florence Knapp 15 days (far below average). That was from Halloween 2003 to November 13, 2003, and December 27, 1987, to January 11, 1988. In January 2007, that record was broken by Emma Tillman, for being the oldest person in the world for 4 days. What’s the closest age difference between a previous oldest person in the world, and the next oldest person in the world? The question could also be arranged to the closest age difference between the 1st and 2nd oldest person in the world when the 1st oldest dies. The easy answer to that is 2 days. On February 2, 1987, when Mary McKinney of California died, at 113 years and 248 days, the next oldest person in the world, Anna Eliza Williams of England, was only 2 days younger. However, the second oldest person in the world at the start of Elizabeth Alice Kensley’s reign, and for the
