Names & Designations

17 entries, shortest-lived first.

  1. Cape KennedyNovember 1963 → 9 October 1973 · Killed by regulationabout 9 yearsNames & Designations
  2. Brontosaurus, as a valid genus1879 → 1903 · Killed by a successor · Revivedabout 23 yearsNames & Designations
  3. Katrina, as a hurricane namec. 1981 → April 2006 · Killed by disasterabout 25 yearsNames & Designations
  4. Zaire1971 → May 1997 · Killed by one executiveabout 26 yearsNames & Designations
  5. Hahnium (element 105)1970 → 1997 · Killed by regulationabout 27 yearsNames & Designations
  6. The Sears Tower1973 → 16 July 2009 · Killed by one executiveabout 36 yearsNames & Designations
  7. Piltdown Man, as a human ancestor1912 → 21 November 1953 · Killed by scandalabout 41 yearsNames & Designations
  8. Swaziland1968 → 19 April 2018 · Killed by one executiveabout 50 yearsNames & Designations
  9. Vulcan, the planet1859 → 1915 · Killed by a successorabout 55 yearsNames & Designations
  10. Leningrad, as a city name1924 → 1991 · Killed by one executiveabout 67 yearsNames & Designations
  11. Czechoslovakia, as a country name1918 → 31 December 1992 · Killed by regulationabout 74 yearsNames & Designations
  12. Pluto's status as a planet18 February 1930 → 24 August 2006 · Killed by regulation76y 6mNames & Designations
  13. The Washington Redskins, as a team name1933 → 13 July 2020 · Killed by scandalabout 87 yearsNames & Designations
  14. The Boy Scouts of America, as an organization name1910 → 8 February 2025 · Killed by one executiveabout 115 yearsNames & Designations
  15. The kilogram as a physical object1889 → 20 May 2019 · Killed by a successorabout 130 yearsNames & Designations
  16. Aunt Jemima, as a brand namec. 1889 → June 2021 · Killed by scandalabout 132 yearsNames & Designations
  17. Ceylon, as a country name1833 → 1972 · Killed by regulationabout 138 yearsNames & Designations