Human Race

DIED: One of only two known surviving U.S. World War I veterans died Feb. 11. Harry Richard Landis, 108, enlisted in the Army in 1918 but the war ended before the 18-year-old finished his training. According to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Frank Buckles, 107, of Charles Town, W.Va., is the only living U.S. World War I veteran.

DIED: Rep. Tom Lantos, D-Calif., the only Holocaust survivor elected to Congress, died Feb. 11 at Bethesda Medical Center of complications from esophageal cancer. The 80-year-old lawmaker, preparing for his 15th campaign to represent San Francisco's west side in the U.S. House, was diagnosed with cancer in December but waited a month before revealing he was ill. Last year, he joked he was "in the mid-point of his career," and until recently swam every day in the House pool at 5:30 a.m., according to the San Francisco Chronicle.