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title: "The last time — everyday things"
description: "7 things in everyday things that happened once and have not happened since, with the date and what actually took place."
url: https://atoneplace.net/the-last-time/everyday/
site: "At One Place"
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# The last time: everyday things

7 closed last occurrences in everyday things, most recent first.

| Question | When | What | Could it change? |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| When did the London Underground last gain a line? | 24 May 2022 | The Elizabeth line opened | No |
| When did the tallest building in the world last change? | 2010 | The Burj Khalifa in Dubai took the title | Yes |
| When did the prime meridian last move? | 1984 | The adoption of WGS 84 shifted it about 102 metres east of the Greenwich line | No |
| When did the Olympics last award medals for art? | 1948 | The London Games, the last with art competitions | No |
| When were the Olympic Games last cancelled? | 1944 | The 1944 Summer Games, awarded to London and never held | No |
| When was a leap year last skipped? | 1900 | 1900, which was divisible by four and not a leap year | No |
| When was a letter last added to the English alphabet? | The 1500s and 1600s | J and U separated from I and V, settling by the seventeenth century | No |

- [When did the London Underground last gain a line?](https://atoneplace.net/the-last-time/london-underground-line/) — 24 May 2022
- [When did the tallest building in the world last change?](https://atoneplace.net/the-last-time/tallest-building/) — 2010
- [When did the prime meridian last move?](https://atoneplace.net/the-last-time/prime-meridian/) — 1984
- [When did the Olympics last award medals for art?](https://atoneplace.net/the-last-time/olympic-art/) — 1948
- [When were the Olympic Games last cancelled?](https://atoneplace.net/the-last-time/olympics-cancelled/) — 1944
- [When was a leap year last skipped?](https://atoneplace.net/the-last-time/leap-year-skipped/) — 1900
- [When was a letter last added to the English alphabet?](https://atoneplace.net/the-last-time/letter-added-alphabet/) — The 1500s and 1600s

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- [Space](https://atoneplace.net/the-last-time/space/)
- [Science and measurement](https://atoneplace.net/the-last-time/science/)
- [Countries and borders](https://atoneplace.net/the-last-time/nations/)
- [Technology that stopped](https://atoneplace.net/the-last-time/technology/)
- [The natural world](https://atoneplace.net/the-last-time/nature/)