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The United States has a special holiday called Grandparents Day. It started in 1978 when President Jimmy Carter signed it into law. It is celebrated on the first Sunday after Labor Day each September. The oldest person ever known was a French woman named Jeanne Calment. She lived to be 122 years old! She was born in 1875 and remembered meeting a famous painter named Vincent van Gogh when she was a young girl.

• There are about 70 million grandparents in the United States.
• Grandparents Day became a national holiday in 1978, and it is celebrated on the first Sunday after Labor Day.
• Jeanne Calment of France holds the record as the oldest verified person ever, living to 122 years and 164 days.