Special to The Sun-Sentinel
A lot happened in 1913. It was the year that the federal income tax law was ratified, the year that gave us the first box of Cracker Jacks containing a prize and the year that Woodrow Wilson was inaugurated as the 28th president of the United States.
In Japan that year, says the Association of Mature American Citizens, a pair of identical twin sisters were born. On Nov. 5, 2021, the twins will celebrate their 108th birthday.
Umeno Sumiyama and Koume Kodama have already received a birthday gift from the folks at Guinness who track world records — a certificate proving that they are, indeed, the world’s oldest living identical twins.
