On a non-Tweed-related note, my grandmother, Alphild Glatzert, turns 100 this week. Longevity runs in her family — her older sister Gertrude lived to be 98. Kristin, Sophie, and I will be joining the rest of our family in Pennsylvania this for the celebration.

In 1904:

• There were 45 states in the Union
• Theodore Roosevelt was elected to his first term as president
• The New York subway opened
• Ground was broken in construction of the Panama Canal
• A newspaper cost one cent

Some famous people born in 1904:

• Cary Grant
• Dr. Seuss
• Sally Rand (of ‘fan dance’ fame)
• Joan Crawford
• Jimmy Dorsey
• Glenn Miller
• Joseph Campbell
• B.F. Skinner
• Robert Oppenheimer
• Salvador Dali
• Fats Waller
• Pablo Neruda
• Deng Xiaoping
• Count Basie

My grandmother has outlasted them all.