Alan Shepard
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Alan Shepard

American astronaut, first American in space, lunar explorer (1923–1998)

Alan Bartlett Shepard Jr. was an American astronaut. In 1961, he became the second person and the first American to travel into space and, in 1971, he became the fifth and oldest person to walk on the Moon, at age 47.

Alan Shepard was born on Sunday, 18. November 1923.
That was day 322 of the year 1923.

Past away on Dienstag July 21, 1998

Age when dead:
74 Jahre 8 Monate 3 Tage

Next birthday would be:
Wednesday November 18, 1998

Alan Shepard is already dead since:
27 Jahre 4 Monate 1 Tage

Alan Shepard was alive for 27274 days.
Alan Shepard is already dead for 9986 days.
Difference: 17288 days (47,33 years).

Alan Shepard has the same birthday like
Carl Maria von Weber, Mekia Cox and Kim Wilde

The death date of Alan Shepard is the birthday of
Robin Williams, Hans Fallada and Sara Seager

Who has the same birthday as Alan Shepard?

November 18 is also the birthday of:


Same vintage - 1923


Did you know? Alan Shepard is ...

  • » 10000 days older than Dean Kamen (Born: 05.04.1951)

Generation Traditionals

At 74 years, Alan Shepard belongs to the "Generation of Traditionals". Well-known figures of this generation include Bruce Springsteen, Rhea Seddon und Tom Jones.

The "Traditionals" (also known as the “Traditionalists” or the “Silent Generation”) are people born roughly between 1922 and 1955. They grew up during economic hardship, war, and a culture that emphasized discipline. This generation values loyalty, responsibility, and stability. They are known for a strong work ethic and a preference for clear hierarchies and respect for authority.

Astrology

Zodiac

♏ Scorpio

(October 24, 1923 - November 22, 1923)

Life Number

8

(Success-oriented, strong-willed, sometimes jealous)

Zodiac sign

Pig

(October 24, 1923 - November 22, 1923)

Birthstone

Citrine

(Abundance, warmth, clarity)

Age in absolute numbers

2.356.470.000 Seconds
39.274.500 Minutes
654.575 Hours
27.273 Days
3.896 Weeks
1224 Months
74 Years
7.47 Decades
0.75 Centuries

On December 2, 2027 would be Alan Shepard exactly 38000 days old.
On November 14, 2038 would be Alan Shepard exactly 6000 weeks old.

By the way: Since you are here you are getting seconds older 😉

Milestones

With 74 years alive you reached these milestones:

Sleeping

9.091 days

A human spends about one third of their life sleeping. That’s an average of around 9.091 hours per day. At your age of 75 years, that equals approximately 9.091 days (24,89 years).

Eat & Drink

1.136 days

The average person spends about 1 hour a day eating and drinking. At 75 years, you have therefore spent approximately 1.136 days eating. (3,11 years).

Toilet visits

568 days

The average person spends about 30 minutes on the toilet every day. That's a total of 568 days (1,56 years).

Wait

947 days

The average person spends about 30 minutes on the toilet every day. That's a total of 947 days (2,59 years).

Laugh

114 days

We laugh for about six minutes a day. That's actually far too less. That's a total of 114 days (0,31 years).

Brush teeth

76 days

We laugh for about six minutes a day. That's actually far too less. That's a total of 76 days (0,21 years).

Work

7.387 days

We laugh for about six minutes a day. That's actually far too less. That's a total of 7.387 days (20,22 years).




Name Zahl Beschreibung
Breaths 706.941.000 Approximately 18 Breaths per minute
Heartbeats 2.945.587.500 Approximately 50-100 heartbeats per minute, depending on your lifestyle. We'll take the average at 75.
Blink 589.117.500 A human blinks roughly 15 times per minute.
Cough 409.109 A human has an average of 15 coughs per day.
Colds 149 A person gets about 2 colds per year.
Sweat produced 4.091 A person produces approximately 0.5–1.5 liters of sweat per day, depending on lifestyle. We'll take the average at 1 liter per day.
Fart gases produced (in Liters) 27.274 A person farts approximately 12 times a day, producing almost 0.8 liters of gas.
Flies swatted 523 We swat 7 flies per year.
Mosquitoes killed 1.344 We kill approximately 18 mosquitoes per year.
Red blood cells formed 545.479.166.666.667 A person produces approximately 20 billion red blood cells per day.
Hair grown (in mm) 9.000 Our hair grows approximately 0.33mm per day.
Fingernails grown (in mm) 3.117 Fingernails grow approximately 0.8mm per week.
Cookies eaten 32.456 We eat approximately 35,000 cookies in our lifetime.
Bouts of vomiting 299 A person vomits approximately four times a year, depending on lifestyle.

Information is based on statistical average values of a person.

Travelled distances

According to statistical averages, you have walked 98.186 kilometers in your life...


... that corresponds to 2,45 orbits of the Earth...


... 8,99 moon orbits.


... and 4,60 Mars orbit on foot.



98.186 kilometers means:

3.734 years with a snail 🐌 (at 3m/h).
731 days on a donkey 🫏 (at 5,6km/h).
511 days on a Skateboard 🛹 (at 8km/h).
136 days travel with a subway train 🚇 (at 30km/h).
5 days on a plane ✈️ (at 800km/h)
3,51 hours on a Spaceshuttle 🚀 (at 28.000km/h)
96,83 minutes with spaceship Voyager 1 🚀 (at 60840km/h)
8,54 minutes with Parker Space Probe - the fastest object made by humans 🚀 (at 690000km/h)

and

3,31 days sonic speed (at 1234,8 km/h)
0,33 seconds light speed (at 1,08 Mrd km/h)

Astronomy

During the lifetime of Alan Shepard ...

... the Moon has orbited Earth 998 times.
... Mercury has orbited Sun 310,04 times.
... Venus has orbited Sun 121,38 times.
... Earth has orbited Sun 74,67 times.
... Mars has orbited Sun 39,70 times.
... Jupiter has orbited Sun 6,30 times.
... Saturn has orbited Sun 2,54 times.
... Uranus has orbited Sun 0,89 times.
... Neptune has orbited Sun 0,45 times.
... Pluto has orbited Sun 0,30 times.

My special birthdays

Der nächste runde Geburtstag von Alan Shepard wäre der 110. Geburtstag. Er findet am Friday, den 18.11.2033 statt.

Birthday Year Weekday Date Candles blown
10. 1933 Saturday November 18, 1933 55
18. 1941 Tuesday November 18, 1941 171
20. 1943 Thursday November 18, 1943 210
25. 1948 Thursday November 18, 1948 325
30. 1953 Wednesday November 18, 1953 465
40. 1963 Monday November 18, 1963 820
50. 1973 Sunday November 18, 1973 1275
60. 1983 Friday November 18, 1983 1830
70. 1993 Thursday November 18, 1993 2485
80. 2003 Tuesday November 18, 2003 3240
90. 2013 Monday November 18, 2013 4095
100. 2023 Saturday November 18, 2023 5050
110. 2033 Friday November 18, 2033 6105
120. 2043 Wednesday November 18, 2043 7260
130. 2053 Tuesday November 18, 2053 8515
140. 2063 Sunday November 18, 2063 9870
150. 2073 Saturday November 18, 2073 11325
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Birthday in numbers

Decimal:
18 • 11 • 1923
Binary:
10010 • 1011 • 11110000011
Hexadecimal:
12 • b • 783
Octal:
22 • 13 • 3603
Roman:
XVIII • XI • MCMXXIII
Morsecode:
·−−−− −−−·· ·−·−·− ·−−−− ·−−−− ·−·−·− ·−−−− −−−−· ··−−− ···−−
Numbers to letters:
bi • bb • bjcd
Cross sum:
26
Factor product:
380754
Birthday in words:
eighteen • eleven • one thousand nine hundred twenty three

Historical Events

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Als Baby (0-2 Jahre)

January 21, 1924
Vladimir Lenin, the leader of the Bolshevik Revolution and first head of the Soviet Union, dies. (Age: 0 years and 2 months) 🔗
January 24, 1924
The first Winter Olympics take place in Chamonix, France, establishing a new tradition in international sport. (Age: 0 years and 2 months) 🔗
February 23, 1925
The discovery of the Andromeda galaxy as a separate "island universe" outside of the Milky Way is confirmed by Edwin Hubble. (Age: 1 years and 3 months) 🔗
July 10, 1925
The Scopes "Monkey" Trial begins in Tennessee, debating the teaching of evolution in public schools. (Age: 1 years and 7 months) 🔗
July 18, 1925
Adolf Hitler publishes *Mein Kampf*, laying out his political ideology and future plans for Germany. (Age: 1 years and 8 months) 🔗

Als Kind (2-10 Jahre)

March 16, 1926
Robert Goddard launches the first liquid-fueled rocket, a major milestone in rocketry and future space travel. (Age: 2 years and 3 months) 🔗
May 20, 1927
Charles Lindbergh completes the first solo non-stop transatlantic flight, flying from New York to Paris. (Age: 3 years and 6 months) 🔗
October 6, 1927
The Jazz Singer premieres, the first feature-length motion picture with synchronized sound, marking the end of the silent film era. (Age: 3 years and 10 months) 🔗
February 12, 1928
The first long-distance television broadcast is achieved between London and New York by John Logie Baird. (Age: 4 years and 2 months) 🔗
August 27, 1928
The Kellogg–Briand Pact is signed, in which 62 nations agree to renounce war as an instrument of national policy. (Age: 4 years and 9 months) 🔗
September 3, 1928
Scottish physician Alexander Fleming discovers penicillin, marking the beginning of the antibiotic age. (Age: 4 years and 9 months) 🔗
October 24, 1929
Black Thursday, the first major crash of the U.S. stock market, heralds the start of the Great Depression. (Age: 5 years and 11 months) 🔗
January 26, 1930
The Salt Satyagraha begins: Mahatma Gandhi begins a 240-mile march to protest the British salt tax in India. (Age: 6 years and 2 months) 🔗
March 13, 1930
The planet Pluto is officially discovered by astronomer Clyde Tombaugh at the Lowell Observatory. (Age: 6 years and 3 months) 🔗
September 18, 1931
The Mukden Incident provides the pretext for Japan's invasion of Manchuria, China, marking a key step toward World War II. (Age: 7 years and 10 months) 🔗

Als Jugendlicher 10-20 Jahre

January 19, 1934
The discovery of artificial radioactivity by Irène and Frédéric Joliot-Curie is announced, leading to their Nobel Prize. (Age: 10 years and 2 months) 🔗
August 19, 1934
A German plebiscite votes to merge the offices of President and Chancellor, making Adolf Hitler the sole Führer (leader) of Germany. (Age: 10 years and 9 months) 🔗
August 14, 1935
The Social Security Act is signed into law in the U.S., establishing a system of retirement, unemployment, and welfare benefits. (Age: 11 years and 8 months) 🔗
September 15, 1935
The Nuremberg Laws are enacted in Germany, institutionalizing racial theories and stripping German Jews of their citizenship. (Age: 11 years and 9 months) 🔗
February 6, 1936
The Winter Olympics open in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, followed by the Summer Games in Berlin, used by the Nazis for propaganda. (Age: 12 years and 2 months) 🔗
July 17, 1936
The Spanish Civil War begins with a military coup against the Republican government, leading to three years of brutal conflict. (Age: 12 years and 7 months) 🔗
May 6, 1937
The German airship Hindenburg catches fire while landing in Lakehurst, New Jersey, ending the era of commercial airship travel. (Age: 13 years and 5 months) 🔗
December 13, 1937
The Nanking Massacre begins, where Japanese troops brutally murder hundreds of thousands of Chinese civilians and disarmed combatants. (Age: 14 years and 0 months) 🔗
March 12, 1938
The Anschluss: Nazi Germany annexes Austria, violating the Treaty of Versailles. (Age: 14 years and 3 months) 🔗
September 30, 1938
The Munich Agreement is signed, allowing Germany to annex the Sudetenland in Czechoslovakia, an act of appeasement that failed to prevent war. (Age: 14 years and 10 months) 🔗

Als Erwachsener 20-30 Jahre

June 6, 1944
D-Day: Allied forces launch Operation Overlord, landing on the beaches of Normandy, beginning the liberation of Western Europe. (Age: 20 years and 6 months) 🔗
April 30, 1945
Adolf Hitler commits suicide in his Berlin bunker as Soviet troops close in. (Age: 21 years and 5 months) 🔗
May 8, 1945
V-E Day (Victory in Europe Day): The Allies formally accept the unconditional surrender of Nazi Germany. (Age: 21 years and 5 months) 🔗
August 6, 1945
The U.S. drops an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, followed by a second bomb on Nagasaki three days later. (Age: 21 years and 8 months) 🔗
September 2, 1945
V-J Day (Victory over Japan Day): Japan formally surrenders, officially ending World War II. (Age: 21 years and 9 months) 🔗
October 24, 1945
The United Nations (UN) is officially established as an international organization aimed at promoting global cooperation. (Age: 21 years and 11 months) 🔗
November 20, 1945
The Nuremberg trials, a series of military tribunals, begin for major war criminals of Nazi Germany. (Age: 22 years and 0 months) 🔗
March 5, 1946
Winston Churchill delivers his "Iron Curtain" speech in the U.S., warning of Soviet expansion and popularizing the term Cold War. (Age: 22 years and 3 months) 🔗
June 5, 1947
U.S. Secretary of State George Marshall announces the Marshall Plan, an initiative to aid Western Europe in economic recovery after WWII. (Age: 23 years and 6 months) 🔗
August 15, 1947
India gains independence from British rule, leading to the partition of British India into India and Pakistan. (Age: 23 years and 8 months) 🔗

Als Erwachsener 30-40 Jahre

May 17, 1954
The U.S. Supreme Court rules in Brown v. Board of Education, declaring state-sponsored segregation in public schools unconstitutional. (Age: 30 years and 5 months) 🔗
July 20, 1954
The Geneva Accords are signed, dividing Vietnam into North and South along the 17th parallel. (Age: 30 years and 8 months) 🔗
April 18, 1955
Albert Einstein, the German-born theoretical physicist and creator of the theory of relativity, dies at age 76. (Age: 31 years and 5 months) 🔗
May 14, 1955
The Warsaw Pact, a mutual defense treaty, is established by the Soviet Union and Eastern Bloc countries as a counterbalance to NATO. (Age: 31 years and 5 months) 🔗
December 1, 1955
Rosa Parks refuses to give up her bus seat to a white man in Montgomery, Alabama, sparking the Montgomery Bus Boycott. (Age: 32 years and 0 months) 🔗
October 23, 1956
The Hungarian Revolution begins, a nationwide revolt against the government of the Hungarian People's Republic and Soviet-imposed policies. (Age: 32 years and 11 months) 🔗
October 29, 1956
The Suez Crisis begins when Israel invades the Sinai Peninsula, followed by intervention from the UK and France. (Age: 32 years and 11 months) 🔗
September 4, 1957
The Little Rock Crisis begins as Governor Orval Faubus uses the National Guard to block nine African American students from entering Central High School. (Age: 33 years and 9 months) 🔗
October 4, 1957
The Soviet Union launches Sputnik 1, the first artificial Earth satellite, initiating the Space Race. (Age: 33 years and 10 months) 🔗
March 27, 1958
Nikita Khrushchev becomes Premier of the Soviet Union, consolidating power and leading the nation through the height of the Cold War. (Age: 34 years and 4 months) 🔗

Als Erwachsener 40-50 Jahre

November 22, 1963
U.S. President John F. Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas, Texas. (Age: 40 years and 0 months) 🔗
July 2, 1964
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 is signed into law, outlawing discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. (Age: 40 years and 7 months) 🔗
October 14, 1964
Martin Luther King Jr. is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. (Age: 40 years and 10 months) 🔗
March 7, 1965
The "Bloody Sunday" confrontation occurs during the Selma to Montgomery marches, highlighting the need for voting rights legislation. (Age: 41 years and 3 months) 🔗
August 6, 1965
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 is signed, overcoming legal barriers that prevented African Americans from exercising their right to vote. (Age: 41 years and 8 months) 🔗
December 13, 1966
The convention for the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights is adopted by the UN, a key international human rights treaty. (Age: 43 years and 0 months) 🔗
June 5, 1967
The Six-Day War begins, a short but decisive conflict between Israel and neighboring Arab states. (Age: 43 years and 6 months) 🔗
December 3, 1967
Christiaan Barnard performs the world's first successful human-to-human heart transplant in Cape Town, South Africa. (Age: 44 years and 0 months) 🔗
April 4, 1968
Martin Luther King Jr. is assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee, leading to riots in many U.S. cities. (Age: 44 years and 4 months) 🔗
August 20, 1968
Warsaw Pact troops invade Czechoslovakia to halt the liberal reforms of the Prague Spring. (Age: 44 years and 9 months) 🔗

Als Erwachsener 50-60 Jahre

August 9, 1974
Richard Nixon resigns as U.S. President following the Watergate scandal, the only U.S. President ever to do so. (Age: 50 years and 8 months) 🔗
April 30, 1975
The Fall of Saigon marks the end of the Vietnam War, with North Vietnamese forces capturing the South Vietnamese capital. (Age: 51 years and 5 months) 🔗
June 25, 1975
Mozambique and Angola gain independence from Portugal, following years of armed liberation struggle. (Age: 51 years and 7 months) 🔗
April 1, 1976
Apple Computer is founded by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne. (Age: 52 years and 4 months) 🔗
May 25, 1977
The film "Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope" is released, launching one of the most successful film franchises of all time. (Age: 53 years and 6 months) 🔗
July 25, 1978
Louise Brown, the first "test-tube baby," is born in England, marking a major breakthrough in in-vitro fertilization (IVF). (Age: 54 years and 8 months) 🔗
September 17, 1978
The Camp David Accords are signed by Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin, a framework for peace in the Middle East. (Age: 54 years and 9 months) 🔗
February 1, 1979
Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini returns to Iran after 15 years in exile, leading to the Iranian Revolution. (Age: 55 years and 2 months) 🔗
March 28, 1979
A partial nuclear meltdown occurs at the Three Mile Island power plant in Pennsylvania, the most serious accident in U.S. commercial nuclear power history. (Age: 55 years and 4 months) 🔗
November 4, 1979
The Iran hostage crisis begins when militant Iranian students storm the U.S. Embassy in Tehran and take 52 Americans hostage. (Age: 55 years and 11 months) 🔗

Als Erwachsener 60-70 Jahre

January 24, 1984
Apple Computer launches the Macintosh, the first commercially successful personal computer with a graphical user interface (GUI). (Age: 60 years and 2 months) 🔗
December 2, 1984
A gas leak at the Union Carbide pesticide plant in Bhopal, India, kills thousands and is considered the world's worst industrial disaster. (Age: 61 years and 0 months) 🔗
March 11, 1985
Mikhail Gorbachev becomes General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, initiating policies of Glasnost and Perestroika. (Age: 61 years and 3 months) 🔗
July 13, 1985
The Live Aid dual-venue benefit concert is held to raise funds for famine relief in Ethiopia. (Age: 61 years and 7 months) 🔗
September 1, 1985
The wreck of the RMS Titanic is discovered by a joint US-French expedition led by Robert Ballard. (Age: 61 years and 9 months) 🔗
January 28, 1986
The Space Shuttle Challenger breaks apart 73 seconds into its flight, killing all seven crew members. (Age: 62 years and 2 months) 🔗
April 26, 1986
A catastrophic nuclear accident occurs at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Soviet Ukraine, the worst nuclear disaster in history. (Age: 62 years and 5 months) 🔗
October 19, 1987
"Black Monday" sees stock markets around the world crash, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropping by 22.6% in a single day. (Age: 63 years and 11 months) 🔗
December 8, 1987
The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty is signed by U.S. President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev. (Age: 64 years and 0 months) 🔗
December 21, 1988
Pan Am Flight 103 is destroyed by a terrorist bomb over Lockerbie, Scotland, killing all 259 people on board and 11 on the ground. (Age: 65 years and 1 months) 🔗

Als Erwachsener 70-80 Jahre

April 7, 1994
The Rwandan genocide, a mass slaughter of Tutsi people by Hutu majority members, begins. (Age: 70 years and 4 months) 🔗
April 27, 1994
South Africa holds its first multiracial general election, marking the end of Apartheid. Nelson Mandela is elected President. (Age: 70 years and 5 months) 🔗
May 6, 1994
The Channel Tunnel, linking the United Kingdom and France, is officially opened. (Age: 70 years and 5 months) 🔗
April 19, 1995
A domestic terrorist truck bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City. (Age: 71 years and 5 months) 🔗
August 9, 1995
Netscape Communications holds its initial public offering (IPO), marking the start of the dot-com boom. (Age: 71 years and 8 months) 🔗
August 24, 1995
Microsoft releases Windows 95, a major step in personal computing with its new graphical user interface. (Age: 71 years and 9 months) 🔗
July 5, 1996
Dolly the sheep, the first mammal to be cloned from an adult somatic cell, is born. (Age: 72 years and 7 months) 🔗
June 26, 1997
The first book, "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone," is published, launching a global phenomenon. (Age: 73 years and 7 months) 🔗
August 31, 1997
Diana, Princess of Wales, dies in a car crash in Paris, leading to a global outpouring of grief. (Age: 73 years and 9 months) 🔗
December 19, 1997
The film "Titanic," directed by James Cameron, is released, becoming the highest-grossing film of all time (at that time). (Age: 74 years and 1 months) 🔗

Geburtstags-FAQ von Alan Shepard

How many birthday candles did Alan Shepard blow out so far?

» At 74 years, Alan Shepard has already blown out 2775 birthday candles, if you add up all the birthdays.

When will Alan Shepard be twice as old as today?

» Alan Shepard ist 27.273 days old today. On 21.03.2073 Alan Shepard will be twice as old as today. Alan Shepard will then be 149 Jahre und 4 Monate years old.

When will Alan Shepard be half as old as today?

» On 19.03.1961 Alan Shepard was half of age today. Back then Alan Shepard were 37 Jahre und 4 Monate years old.

When was Alan Shepard conceived? - Time of your conception

» That's an interesting question. Let's try it this way: A pregnancy lasts an average of 268 days. If we subtract 268 days from the day of your birth (23.02.1923), we get the 23.02.1923. However, this statement is not very meaningful, since only 3% of pregnant women actually give birth after 268 days. Most pregnant women give birth within a time window of 10 days from the actual due date. Therefore, Alan Shepard were conceived between 13.02.1923 and 05.03.1923.

How many prime number birthdays has Alan Shepard had so far?

» At 74 years old, Alan Shepard has already celebrated 21 prime number birthdays (2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23, 29, 31, 37, 41, 43, 47, 53, 59, 61, 67, 71, 73).

How many special birthdays have I had so far?

» At 74 years, you've already celebrated 6 special number birthdays (11, 22, 33, 44, 55, 66). To be able to celebrate 10 special number birthdays, you have to live to be 111. But you still have some time until then. You'll celebrate your 111th birthday on 18.11.2034. You can find out more on the page with all birthdays.

How old was Alan Shepard at the turn of the millennium in 2000?

» Alan Shepard was born exactly 27803 days before the turn of the millennium in January 1, 2000. At that time, Alan Shepard was 76 years and 1 months old.

Oldest person in the world

Alan Shepard is currently 48 years younger (44720 days) than the officially oldest person in the world, the Frenchwoman Jeanne Calment. She was born on February 21, 1875 and died on August 4, 1997 at the age of 122 years and 164 days.

Alan Shepard has lived 17288 days longer than he/she was dead.

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