May Belle Dahling “Mae” Phillips (1899–2000)

1900 · age 1 — The Galveston hurricane struck Texas

1914 · age 15 — World War I began

1929 · age 30 — The stock market crash began the Great Depression

1941 · age 42 — The attack on Pearl Harbor brought the United States into World War II

1953 · age 54 — The Korean War armistice was signed

1962 · age 63 — The Cuban Missile Crisis took place

1974 · age 75 — President Nixon resigned

1989 · age 90 — The Berlin Wall fell