… American Nobel laureate in literature.
2013 (104 years old)
Virginia McLaurin is honored by Washington DC mayor Muriel Gray for volunteering 40 hours a week with students who have severe mental and physical disabilities.
2015 (106 years old)
Serena Williams makes history by completing what’s been named the ‘Serena Slam’ by holding all four majors at once. The American tennis star is the current champion of the US Open, Australian Open, French Open and now Wimbledon. This is the second time she has achieved such a feat – the first player to do so twice.