Carl Sagan
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Carl Sagan

American astrophysicist, cosmologist and author (1934–1996)

Carl Edward Sagan was an American astronomer, planetary scientist and science communicator. His best known scientific contribution is his research on the possibility of extraterrestrial life, including experimental demonstration of the production of amino acids from basic chemicals by exposure to light. He assembled the first physical messages sent into space, the Pioneer plaque and the Voyager Golden Record, which are universal messages that could potentially be understood by any extraterrestrial intelligence that might find them. He argued in favor of the hypothesis, which has since been accepted, that the high surface temperatures of Venus are the result of the greenhouse effect.

Carl Sagan was born on Friday, 09. November 1934.
That was day 313 of the year 1934.

Past away on Freitag December 20, 1996

Age when dead:
62 Jahre 1 Monate 11 Tage

Next birthday would be:
Sunday November 9, 1997

Carl Sagan is already dead since:
29 Jahre 2 Monate 19 Tage

Carl Sagan was alive for 22687 days.
Carl Sagan is already dead for 10673 days.
Difference: 12014 days (32,89 years).

Carl Sagan has the same birthday like
Lou Ferrigno, Owen Daniels and Alessandro Del Piero

The death date of Carl Sagan is the birthday of
Nicole de Boer, Geoffrey Howe and Robert Menzies

Birthday Fun Facts



  • The day 09 of month November 1934 was the 70th day of Autumn (meteorological). The day 09 of month November 1934 was the 48th day of Autumn (astronomical).
  • Age 62 The number 62 represents the element Samarium in the Periodic table of elements.
    Samarium is a lanthanide, used in electronics, magnets, and advanced materials.
  • Since you visited this page, people have been born. In total there are people born today. They all celebrate the same birthday as you.

Who has the same birthday as Carl Sagan?


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Generation Traditionals

At 62 years, Carl Sagan belongs to the "Generation of Traditionals". Well-known figures of this generation include Peter Falk, Nestor Serrano und Paul Dooley.

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, 1934 - November 22, 1934)

Zodiac sign

Dog

(October 24, 1934 - November 22, 1934)

Life Number

1

(Creative, assertive, dominant)

Birthstone

Citrine

(Abundance, warmth, clarity)

Age in absolute numbers

1.960.156.800 Seconds
32.669.280 Minutes
544.488 Hours
22.687 Days
3.241 Weeks
1096 Months
62 Years
6.21 Decades
0.62 Centuries

On December 11, 2027 would be Carl Sagan exactly 34000 days old.
On September 6, 2030 would be Carl Sagan exactly 5000 weeks old.

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

Milestones

With 62 years alive you reached these milestones:

Sleeping

7.562 days

A human spends about one third of their life sleeping. That’s an average of around 7.562 hours per day. At your age of 62 years, that equals approximately 7.562 days (20,70 years).

Eat & Drink

945 days

The average person spends about 1 hour a day eating and drinking. At 62 years, you have therefore spent approximately 945 days eating. (2,59 years).

Toilet visits

473 days

The average person spends about 30 minutes on the toilet every day. That's a total of 473 days (1,29 years).

Wait

788 days

The average person spends about 30 minutes on the toilet every day. That's a total of 788 days (2,16 years).

Laugh

95 days

We laugh for about six minutes a day. That's actually far too less. That's a total of 95 days (0,26 years).

Brush teeth

63 days

We laugh for about six minutes a day. That's actually far too less. That's a total of 63 days (0,17 years).

Work

6.144 days

We laugh for about six minutes a day. That's actually far too less. That's a total of 6.144 days (16,82 years).




Name Zahl Beschreibung
Breaths 588.047.040 Approximately 18 Breaths per minute
Heartbeats 2.450.196.000 Approximately 50-100 heartbeats per minute, depending on your lifestyle. We'll take the average at 75.
Blink 490.039.200 A human blinks roughly 15 times per minute.
Cough 340.305 A human has an average of 15 coughs per day.
Colds 124 A person gets about 2 colds per year.
Sweat produced 3.403 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) 22.687 A person farts approximately 12 times a day, producing almost 0.8 liters of gas.
Flies swatted 435 We swat 7 flies per year.
Mosquitoes killed 1.118 We kill approximately 18 mosquitoes per year.
Red blood cells formed 453.740.000.000.000 A person produces approximately 20 billion red blood cells per day.
Hair grown (in mm) 7.487 Our hair grows approximately 0.33mm per day.
Fingernails grown (in mm) 2.593 Fingernails grow approximately 0.8mm per week.
Cookies eaten 26.998 We eat approximately 35,000 cookies in our lifetime.
Bouts of vomiting 248 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 81.673 kilometers in your life...


... that corresponds to 2,04 orbits of the Earth...


... 7,48 moon orbits.


... and 3,83 Mars orbit on foot.



81.673 kilometers means:

3.106 years with a snail 🐌 (at 3m/h).
608 days on a donkey 🫏 (at 5,6km/h).
425 days on a Skateboard 🛹 (at 8km/h).
113 days travel with a subway train 🚇 (at 30km/h).
4 days on a plane ✈️ (at 800km/h)
2,92 hours on a Spaceshuttle 🚀 (at 28.000km/h)
80,55 minutes with spaceship Voyager 1 🚀 (at 60840km/h)
7,10 minutes with Parker Space Probe - the fastest object made by humans 🚀 (at 690000km/h)

and

2,76 days sonic speed (at 1234,8 km/h)
0,27 seconds light speed (at 1,08 Mrd km/h)

Astronomy

During the lifetime of Carl Sagan ...

... the Moon has orbited Earth 830 times.
... Mercury has orbited Sun 257,90 times.
... Venus has orbited Sun 100,97 times.
... Earth has orbited Sun 62,11 times.
... Mars has orbited Sun 33,02 times.
... Jupiter has orbited Sun 5,24 times.
... Saturn has orbited Sun 2,11 times.
... Uranus has orbited Sun 0,74 times.
... Neptune has orbited Sun 0,38 times.
... Pluto has orbited Sun 0,25 times.

Special birthdays

Next major birthday for Carl Sagan would be: Thursday, 09.11.2034 (100 years)

Birthday Year Weekday Date Candles blown
10. 1944 Thursday November 9, 1944 55
18. 1952 Sunday November 9, 1952 171
20. 1954 Tuesday November 9, 1954 210
25. 1959 Monday November 9, 1959 325
30. 1964 Monday November 9, 1964 465
40. 1974 Saturday November 9, 1974 820
50. 1984 Friday November 9, 1984 1275
60. 1994 Wednesday November 9, 1994 1830
70. 2004 Tuesday November 9, 2004 2485
80. 2014 Sunday November 9, 2014 3240
90. 2024 Saturday November 9, 2024 4095
100. 2034 Thursday November 9, 2034 5050
110. 2044 Wednesday November 9, 2044 6105
120. 2054 Monday November 9, 2054 7260
130. 2064 Sunday November 9, 2064 8515
140. 2074 Friday November 9, 2074 9870
150. 2084 Thursday November 9, 2084 11325
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Birthday in numbers

Decimal:
9 • 11 • 1934
Binary:
1001 • 1011 • 11110001110
Hexadecimal:
9 • b • 78e
Octal:
11 • 13 • 3616
Roman:
IX • XI • MCMXXXIV
Morsecode:
−−−−− −−−−· ·−·−·− ·−−−− ·−−−− ·−·−·− ·−−−− −−−−· ···−− ····−
Numbers to letters:
aj • bb • bjde
Cross sum:
28
Factor product:
191466
Birthday in words:
nine • eleven • one thousand nine hundred thirty four

Historical Events

Als Baby (0-2 Jahre)

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: 0 years and 9 months) 🔗
September 15, 1935
The Nuremberg Laws are enacted in Germany, institutionalizing racial theories and stripping German Jews of their citizenship. (Age: 0 years and 10 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: 1 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: 1 years and 8 months) 🔗

Als Kind (2-10 Jahre)

May 6, 1937
The German airship Hindenburg catches fire while landing in Lakehurst, New Jersey, ending the era of commercial airship travel. (Age: 2 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: 3 years and 1 months) 🔗
March 12, 1938
The Anschluss: Nazi Germany annexes Austria, violating the Treaty of Versailles. (Age: 3 years and 4 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: 3 years and 10 months) 🔗
November 9, 1938
Kristallnacht (Night of Broken Glass) occurs, a coordinated series of violent pogroms against Jews throughout Nazi Germany. (Age: 4 years and 0 months) 🔗
January 5, 1939
The German V-2 rocket program begins under Wernher von Braun, laying the groundwork for later space exploration. (Age: 4 years and 1 months) 🔗
August 23, 1939
The Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact is signed, a non-aggression treaty between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union, secretly dividing Eastern Europe. (Age: 4 years and 9 months) 🔗
September 1, 1939
Germany invades Poland, officially starting World War II in Europe. (Age: 4 years and 9 months) 🔗
May 10, 1940
Germany launches its invasion of France, Belgium, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands, initiating the Battle of France. (Age: 5 years and 6 months) 🔗
August 13, 1940
The Battle of Britain begins, a large-scale aerial conflict where the Royal Air Force defends the UK against the German Luftwaffe. (Age: 5 years and 9 months) 🔗

Als Jugendlicher 10-20 Jahre

April 30, 1945
Adolf Hitler commits suicide in his Berlin bunker as Soviet troops close in. (Age: 10 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: 10 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: 10 years and 8 months) 🔗
September 2, 1945
V-J Day (Victory over Japan Day): Japan formally surrenders, officially ending World War II. (Age: 10 years and 9 months) 🔗
October 24, 1945
The United Nations (UN) is officially established as an international organization aimed at promoting global cooperation. (Age: 10 years and 11 months) 🔗
November 20, 1945
The Nuremberg trials, a series of military tribunals, begin for major war criminals of Nazi Germany. (Age: 11 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: 11 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: 12 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: 12 years and 9 months) 🔗
May 14, 1948
The State of Israel is formally established, leading immediately to the 1948 Arab–Israeli War. (Age: 13 years and 6 months) 🔗

Als Erwachsener 20-30 Jahre

April 18, 1955
Albert Einstein, the German-born theoretical physicist and creator of the theory of relativity, dies at age 76. (Age: 20 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: 20 years and 6 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: 21 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: 21 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: 21 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: 22 years and 9 months) 🔗
October 4, 1957
The Soviet Union launches Sputnik 1, the first artificial Earth satellite, initiating the Space Race. (Age: 22 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: 23 years and 4 months) 🔗
January 1, 1959
Fidel Castro's forces overthrow the dictatorship of Fulgencio Batista, concluding the Cuban Revolution. (Age: 24 years and 1 months) 🔗
February 3, 1959
Rock and roll stars Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and The Big Bopper die in a plane crash, an event later known as "The Day the Music Died." (Age: 24 years and 2 months) 🔗

Als Erwachsener 30-40 Jahre

March 7, 1965
The "Bloody Sunday" confrontation occurs during the Selma to Montgomery marches, highlighting the need for voting rights legislation. (Age: 30 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: 30 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: 32 years and 1 months) 🔗
June 5, 1967
The Six-Day War begins, a short but decisive conflict between Israel and neighboring Arab states. (Age: 32 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: 33 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: 33 years and 4 months) 🔗
August 20, 1968
Warsaw Pact troops invade Czechoslovakia to halt the liberal reforms of the Prague Spring. (Age: 33 years and 9 months) 🔗
July 3, 1969
Brian Jones, founding member of The Rolling Stones, dies just a month after leaving the band. (Age: 34 years and 7 months) 🔗
July 20, 1969
The Apollo 11 mission successfully lands on the Moon; Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin become the first humans to walk on an extraterrestrial body. (Age: 34 years and 8 months) 🔗
August 15, 1969
The Woodstock Festival begins in Bethel, New York, becoming a defining moment for the counterculture generation. (Age: 34 years and 9 months) 🔗

Als Erwachsener 40-50 Jahre

April 30, 1975
The Fall of Saigon marks the end of the Vietnam War, with North Vietnamese forces capturing the South Vietnamese capital. (Age: 40 years and 5 months) 🔗
June 25, 1975
Mozambique and Angola gain independence from Portugal, following years of armed liberation struggle. (Age: 40 years and 7 months) 🔗
April 1, 1976
Apple Computer is founded by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne. (Age: 41 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: 42 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: 43 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: 43 years and 10 months) 🔗
February 1, 1979
Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini returns to Iran after 15 years in exile, leading to the Iranian Revolution. (Age: 44 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: 44 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: 44 years and 11 months) 🔗
December 24, 1979
The Soviet–Afghan War begins as Soviet forces invade Afghanistan to support the communist government. (Age: 45 years and 1 months) 🔗

Als Erwachsener 50-60 Jahre

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: 50 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: 50 years and 4 months) 🔗
July 13, 1985
The Live Aid dual-venue benefit concert is held to raise funds for famine relief in Ethiopia. (Age: 50 years and 8 months) 🔗
September 1, 1985
The wreck of the RMS Titanic is discovered by a joint US-French expedition led by Robert Ballard. (Age: 50 years and 9 months) 🔗
January 28, 1986
The Space Shuttle Challenger breaks apart 73 seconds into its flight, killing all seven crew members. (Age: 51 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: 51 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: 52 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: 53 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: 54 years and 1 months) 🔗
March 24, 1989
The oil tanker Exxon Valdez runs aground in Prince William Sound, Alaska, spilling an estimated 11 million gallons of crude oil. (Age: 54 years and 4 months) 🔗

Als Erwachsener 60-70 Jahre

April 19, 1995
A domestic terrorist truck bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City. (Age: 60 years and 5 months) 🔗
August 9, 1995
Netscape Communications holds its initial public offering (IPO), marking the start of the dot-com boom. (Age: 60 years and 9 months) 🔗
August 24, 1995
Microsoft releases Windows 95, a major step in personal computing with its new graphical user interface. (Age: 60 years and 9 months) 🔗
July 5, 1996
Dolly the sheep, the first mammal to be cloned from an adult somatic cell, is born. (Age: 61 years and 7 months) 🔗

Birthday-FAQ for Carl Sagan

How many birthday candles did Carl Sagan blow out so far?

» At 62 years, Carl Sagan has already blown out 1953 birthday candles, if you add up all the birthdays.

When will Carl Sagan be twice as old as today?

» Carl Sagan ist 22.687 days old today. On 31.01.2059 Carl Sagan will be twice as old as today. Carl Sagan will then be 124 Jahre und 2 Monate years old.

When will Carl Sagan be half as old as today?

» On 29.11.1965 Carl Sagan was half of age today. Back then Carl Sagan were 31 Jahre und 0 Monate years old.

When was Carl Sagan 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 (14.02.1934), we get the 14.02.1934. 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, Carl Sagan were conceived between 04.02.1934 and 24.02.1934.

How many prime number birthdays has Carl Sagan had so far?

» At 62 years old, Carl Sagan has already celebrated 18 prime number birthdays (2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23, 29, 31, 37, 41, 43, 47, 53, 59, 61).

How many special birthdays have I had so far?

» At 62 years, you've already celebrated 5 special number birthdays (11, 22, 33, 44, 55). 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 09.11.2045. You can find out more on the page with all birthdays.

How old was Carl Sagan at the turn of the millennium in 2000?

» Carl Sagan was born exactly 23794 days before the turn of the millennium in January 1, 2000. At that time, Carl Sagan was 65 years and 1 months old.

Oldest person in the world

Carl Sagan is currently 60 years younger (44712 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.

Carl Sagan has lived 12014 days longer than he/she was dead.

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