John Tinniswood, an Englishman who was born in the same year the Titanic sank and survived two world wars and two global pandemics, passed away at the age of 112, Guinness World Records reported on Tuesday, months after recognizing him as the world’s oldest living man.

Tinniswood died on Monday at a care home in Southport, northwest England, surrounded by “music and love,” his family told Guinness World Records in a statement. “John had many qualities. He was intelligent, determined, brave, calm in any crisis, talented in mathematics, and a great conversationalist,” his family shared.

He was born in August 1912 in Liverpool, and met his wife, Blodwen, at a dance before marrying her in 1942 during World War II, when he served in the Royal Army Pay Corps, responsible for finances and food supplies.

Tinniswood, who is survived by a daughter, four grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren, later worked as an accountant in the oil industry before retiring at 60. His wife passed away in 1986.

Thousands of Lebanese displaced by the clashes between Hezbollah and Israel began returning home on Wednesday, thanks to a ceasefire established after two months of open warfare.

The truce, which took effect at 04:00 local time (02:00 GMT), interrupts a conflict that has left thousands dead and 900,000 displaced in Lebanon, in addition to tens of thousands of evacuees in northern Israel. Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati stated on Wednesday that the army would “reinforce its deployment” in the south of the country as part of the agreement’s enforcement.

Without waiting for military clearance, thousands of residents from southern Lebanon, the southern suburbs of Beirut, and the Bekaa Valley in the east—strongholds of Hezbollah—began their journey back home, according to AFP journalists.

In the southern suburbs of the capital, which had been bombarded until the early hours of Wednesday, Hezbollah militants were seen riding motorcycles, waving the party’s yellow flags, and chanting slogans praising Hassan Nasrallah, their iconic leader who died in a late September Israeli attack.

“We return to this heroic neighborhood, which has ‘won,’ we are proud,” said Nizam Hamadé, an engineer who came to inspect his house.

The road leading to southern Lebanon was congested with overloaded cars and trucks, with drivers singing and honking their horns in celebration.

US President Joe Biden will attend the inauguration ceremony of Donald Trump in January, the White House announced on Monday, despite the fact that the Republican did not attend Biden’s inauguration four years ago.

“The president promised that he would attend the inauguration of whoever won the election. He and the First Lady will keep that promise and attend,” said spokesperson Andrew Bates to reporters traveling with Biden on Air Force One.

“He sees it as an important demonstration of commitment to our democratic values and to honoring the will of the people, while we continue to ensure a smooth and effective transition,” Bates added.

Despite describing Trump as a threat to democracy during the election campaign, Biden seeks to facilitate a peaceful transfer of power to the Republican that Trump denied him.

Biden invited the president-elect to the White House just days after the November 5 election, in which Trump defeated Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris.

The 82-year-old Democrat dropped out of the presidential race for a second term in July and supported Harris after her disastrous performance in a televised debate led Democrats to question her fitness for the office due to concerns over her health and mental agility.