What the Young Have Done

Do you want to grow up because you want a chance to accomplish something? Well, there's a lot you can do before you're a grown up. Kids have done some amazing things. But you're right, the older you get, the more you can accomplish. But think how I feel. I've already passed the second to the last age on this list, and my name isn't anywhere on here!
  • Tiger Woods, 2 -- Started playing golf
  • Mozart, 6 -- Toured Europe while playing piano
  • Michael Kearney, 6, -- Graduated high school

  • Michael Kearney, 10 -- Youngest college graduate
  • Mike Tyson, 13 -- Has now been arrested 38 times
  • Stevie Wonder, 13 -- Youngest artist with #1 song
  • Fu Mingzu, 13 -- Youngest Olympic Gold Medal winner
  • Freddy Abu, 14 -- Youngest professional in soccer
  • Nadia Comenichi, 14 -- First person to score a 10 in Olympics
  • Bobby Fischer, 14 -- Youngest US Chess champion
  • Lynn Cox, 15 -- Youngest and fastest person to swim the English Channel
  • Tracy Austin, 16 -- Youngest winner of the US Open
  • Michael Kearney, 17 -- Youngest college professor
  • Boris Becker, 17 -- Youngest winner of Wimbeldon
  • Samantha Larson, 18 -- Youngest person to climb all "Seven Summits"
  • Elvis Presley, 19 -- First record

  • Henri Cournot, 20 -- Youngest Tour de France winner
  • Mike Tyson, 20 -- Youngest World Heavyweight champion
  • Tiger Woods, 21 -- Youngest Masters winner
  • Chuck Yeager, 24 -- First man to fly faster than sound
  • Michaelangelo, 24 -- "Pieta'" sculpture
  • Greg Lemond, 25 -- First American Tour de France winner
  • Albert Einstein, 24 -- published 4 papers, including E=MC^2
  • Steven Mora, 24 -- Youngest governor
  • Issac Newton, 26 -- Invented reflecting telescope
  • Yuri Gagarin, 27 -- First man in space
  • V. Tereshkova, 26 -- First woman in space
  • Michaelangelo, 29 -- "David" sculpture

  • Thomas Edison, 30 -- Invented phonograph
  • Wright Brothers, 32 & 36 -- First airplane
  • Thomas Jefferson, 33 -- Wrote Declaration of Independence
  • Thomas Edison, 32 -- Patented improved lightbulb
  • Alexander the Great, 32 -- Conquered most of the known world
  • Jesus, 36 -- Crucified
  • Nicoli Tesla, 36 -- Invented polyphase motor
  • Neil Armstrong, 38 -- First person to walk on the moon

  • Theodore Roosevelt, 42 -- Youngest person to become president
  • Rudyard Kipling, 42 -- Youngest Noble Prize winner in Literature
  • John Kennedy, 43 -- Youngest person elected president
  • George Washington, 43 -- Made commander of American forces in 1775
  • Issac Newton, 44 -- Published "Principia"

  • Alexander Fleming, 50 -- Discovered Penicillan