Grandma is older than an Oreo

It's true.
This realization came to me earlier this year when the Oreo cookie turned 100 years old.  I thought, "Wait, my Grandma is older than the Oreo?"  Then, I forgot about it until I was retelling the story to someone recently.
They were amazed that she was that old and still so active....
well, relatively active.
How many 102 year old's do you know that can still walk around using just a walker?
I only know one and that's my grandma.
So I started thinking...what else is my grandma older than?
Oreos are a part of American Culture...
what else has seemingly been around forever,
but didn't exist during my grandmas' childhood?



When she was born the following things didn't exist:
(The People History)

• The Girl Scouts of America
• Income Tax
• The Titanic
• Any Amendments passed the 15th
• Assembly Line production
• Stainless Steel
• The Panama Canal
• The U.S. Coast Guard
• Long Distance Telephone Calls
• Pulitzer Prizes
• US Airmail Service
• The American Legion
• Grand Canyon was not a National Park
• Birth Control was against the law
• Rotary Dial Telephones hadn't been invented
• Cross Word Puzzles

My grandma was born in 1911 and here are a few things that happened the year she was born.

• My Grandma was born.  This set into motion a series of events that created ME! :0)
• The first direct telephone link between New York and Denver opens May 8.
• Italy declares war on the Ottoman Turks September 9, lands a force at Tripoli October 5, and occupies other coastal towns.
• A revolution begins in China that will end the 267-year-old Qing dynasty of the Manchus, propel China into the 20th century, and begin the decline of such customs as having men wear pigtails and women's feet deformed by binding.
• California women gain suffrage by constitutional amendment.
• An electric self-starter invented by C. F. Kettering improves automobile safety.
• Chevrolet Motor Co. is founded by former General Motors head W. C. Durant.
• The six-passenger Blériot Berline biplane built for Parisian Henri Deutsch de la Neurthe is the first airplane with an enclosed passenger cabin.
• The Santa Fe Deluxe goes into service December 2 between Chicago and Los Angeles. Passengers pay $25 extra fare each on the weekly 63-hour passenger express to enjoy services that include a barbershop, a library, a stenographer, ladies' maids, daily market reports, bathing facilities, a club car, a Fred Harvey dining car, four Pullman sleeping cars and telephones at terminals en route.
• Honolulu-born Yale archaeologist Hiram Bingham, 35, discovers the Inca city of Macchu-Pichu July 24 at an altitude of 7,972 feet in the Peruvian Andes while searching for the legendary Inca stronghold Vilcabamba.
• Paducah, Ky.-born Johns Hopkins physician Bertram M. (Moses) Bernheim, 31, introduces laparoscopic surgery to the United States, using a proctoscope -inch in diameter and ordinary light for illumination.
• The first direct telephone link between New York and Denver opens May 8.
• Crisco is introduced August 15 by Procter & Gamble Co. of Cincinnati; made from linseed oil, it is the first solid hydrogenated vegetable shortening.
• The first canned chili con carne and tamales are produced at San Antonio, Texas, by William Gebhardt, who will receive 37 patents for his mechanical innovations.
• Stainless steel is patented in America.
• New York's Ellis Island has a record 1-day influx of 11,745 immigrants April 17.
• Above information from Air Force Village

1911 Apr 10

Camp Fire Girls of America is Founded (http://worldhistoryproject.org/1911)

1911 May 23

Dedication of New York Public Library (http://worldhistoryproject.org/1911)

• First Indianapolis 500, The first ever running of the Indianapolis 500 is won by Ray Harrounat at an average speed of 74.59 miles an hour. (The People History)

How cool is that?! Now, she has her own cell phone, computer, and 100's of TV channels to choose from.  It's amazing to think of all the things that she's seen and experienced in her life...and of course this is just a small list of things.  I hope that someday can have my own list of amazing experiences.  Until then, I'll just share my grandma's list.  Though I do think that the first one is the most important. 
Thanks Grandma.
And for the record, she's much better than an Oreo.