HONOLULU (AP) — Lou Conter, the last living survivor of the USS Arizona battleship that exploded and sank during the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor, has died. He was 102 years old.
His daughter, Louann Daley said Conter passed away at his home Monday in Grass Valley, California following congestive heart failure.
The battleship USS Arizona belches smoke as it topples over into the sea during Japanese surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, December 7, 1941.
The ship sank with more than 80 percent of its 1,500- man crew, including Rear Admiral Issac C. Kidd.
USS Arizona Memorial in Pearl Harbor, Honolulu, Hawaii.
Kahan, a Holocaust survivor, took to the field in honor of the Florida Holocaust Museum. Kahan lost family in the Holocaust, and survived concentration camps.
A crowd of more than 25,000 cheered on 100-year-old Holocaust survivor Helen Kahan as she threw the first pitch of the game between the Tampa Bay Rays and the New York Yankees.
"It was really wonderful and exciting," Kahan told Fox News Digital of the May 5 first-in-series baseball game held at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida.
"I loved seeing so many people cheering for us, ‘Go Tampa Bay. Win, win, win!,’" the centenarian added. "Thank you for honoring me. Thank you for honoring the Florida Holocaust Museum. I waited 100years to do this." (FOX NEWS)
Kahan was joined by her family as she threw the first pitch at the New York Yankees and Tampa Bay Rays game in St. Petersburg, Florida, on Friday.
WASHINGTON (TND) — A World War II hero — who survived the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941 — is ready to celebrate a big birthday.
Ken Potts will be turning 102 on Saturday, according to the USS Arizona Legacy Foundation, a nonprofit organization.
Potts was aboard the USS Arizona when the battleship was attacked by the Japanese military on the naval base at in Hawaii on December 7, 1941. More than 1,170 crewmen were killed. But Potts, along with at least 330 others, survived.
The USS Arizona near Pearl Harbor in a photo taken by a Japanese spy sometime before the December 7 attack.
USS Arizona Memorial at Pearl Harbor on the island of Oahu, Hawaii.
(CNN) — The last survivor of the Hindenburg airship disaster, Werner Gustav Doehner (shown below) has died from complications of pneumonia.
According to his family, Doehner passed away at a hospital in Laconia, New Hampshire, on November 8.
Werner Doehner was 8 years old (below) on May 6, 1937, when the infamous airship went up in flames and crashed in Lakehurst, New Jersey, killing 36 people. Doehner’s sister and father were among them. Sixty-two people survived.
Werner G. Doehner
Navy crewmen are seen running from the crashing Zeppelin in 1937.
An injured survivor of the Hindenburg disaster calmly smokes a cigarette as he is moved to a hospital from the field at Lakehurst, New Jersey.
Another survivor is led away from the burning gondola of the Hindenburg.
On this day in 1934, the Dionne quintuplets were born near Callender, Ontario, to Olivia and Elzire Dionne. The babies were the first quint’s to survive infancy. Mother Elzire Dionne with her quintuplets (above).
Annette and Cecile Dionne are 84 today and are the two surviving members of the Dionne Quintuplets.
Ian Lancaster Fleming(May 28, 1908 – August 12, 1964)
Horace Stoneham, left, owner of the New York Giants congratulates Walter O’Malley owner of the Dodgers.
On this day in 1957, National League club owners voted to allow the Brooklyn Dodgers to move to Los Angeles and that the New York Giants could move to San Francisco.
Edward VIII(Edward Albert Christian George Andrew Patrick David)
On this day in 1972, The Duke of Windsor, who gave up the British throne in 1936 to marry an American divorcee, died at 77 in his home near Paris. He was a smoker from an early age, was diagnosed with throat cancer and underwent cobalt therapy.
Philip Edward Hartmann(September 24, 1948 – May 28, 1998)
Canadian born actor/comedian Phil Hartman garnered fame in 1986 when he joined the sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live. He won fame for his impressions, particularly of President Bill Clinton, and he stayed on the show for eight seasons. Given the moniker "The Glue" for his ability to hold the show together and help other cast members, Hartman won a Primetime Emmy Award for his SNL work in 1989.
