Frank Whittle
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Frank Whittle

British Royal Air Force engineer air officer

Air Commodore Sir Frank Whittle, was an English engineer, inventor and Royal Air Force (RAF) air officer. He is credited with co-creating the turbojet engine. A patent was submitted by Maxime Guillaume in 1921 for a similar invention which was technically unfeasible at the time. Whittle's jet engines were developed some years earlier than those of Germany's Hans von Ohain, who designed the first-to-fly turbojet engine as well as Austria’s Anselm Franz.

Frank Whittle was born on Saturday, 01. June 1907.
That was day 152 of the year 1907.

Past away on Freitag August 9, 1996

Age when dead:
89 Jahre 2 Monate 8 Tage

Next birthday would be:
Sunday June 1, 1997

Frank Whittle is already dead since:
29 Jahre 3 Monate 13 Tage

Frank Whittle was alive for 32577 days.
Frank Whittle is already dead for 10697 days.
Difference: 21880 days (59,90 years).

Frank Whittle has the same birthday like
Tom Holland, Alanis Morissette and Heidi Klum

The death date of Frank Whittle is the birthday of
Whitney Houston, Tove Jansson and Kevin McKidd

Who has the same birthday as Frank Whittle?

June 01 is also the birthday of:


Same vintage - 1907


Did you know? Frank Whittle is ...

Great Generation

At 89 years, Frank Whittle belongs to the "Great Generation". Well-known figures of this generation include Frida Kahlo, Kurt Georg Kiesinger und Viktor Chukarin.

Astrology

Zodiac

♊ Gemini

(May 21, 1907 - June 21, 1907)

Life Number

6

(Perfectionist, creative, ambitious)

Zodiac sign

Goat

(May 21, 1907 - June 21, 1907)

Birthstone

Alexandrite

(Balance, change, confidence)

Age in absolute numbers

2.814.649.200 Seconds
46.910.820 Minutes
781.847 Hours
32.576 Days
4.653 Weeks
1421 Months
89 Years
8.92 Decades
0.89 Centuries

On November 18, 2027 would be Frank Whittle exactly 44000 days old.
On July 27, 2041 would be Frank Whittle exactly 7000 weeks old.

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

Milestones

With 89 years alive you reached these milestones:

Sleeping

10.859 days

A human spends about one third of their life sleeping. That’s an average of around 10.859 hours per day. At your age of 89 years, that equals approximately 10.859 days (29,73 years).

Eat & Drink

1.357 days

The average person spends about 1 hour a day eating and drinking. At 89 years, you have therefore spent approximately 1.357 days eating. (3,72 years).

Toilet visits

679 days

The average person spends about 30 minutes on the toilet every day. That's a total of 679 days (1,86 years).

Wait

1.131 days

The average person spends about 30 minutes on the toilet every day. That's a total of 1.131 days (3,10 years).

Laugh

136 days

We laugh for about six minutes a day. That's actually far too less. That's a total of 136 days (0,37 years).

Brush teeth

90 days

We laugh for about six minutes a day. That's actually far too less. That's a total of 90 days (0,25 years).

Work

8.823 days

We laugh for about six minutes a day. That's actually far too less. That's a total of 8.823 days (24,16 years).




Name Zahl Beschreibung
Breaths 844.394.760 Approximately 18 Breaths per minute
Heartbeats 3.518.311.500 Approximately 50-100 heartbeats per minute, depending on your lifestyle. We'll take the average at 75.
Blink 703.662.300 A human blinks roughly 15 times per minute.
Cough 488.654 A human has an average of 15 coughs per day.
Colds 178 A person gets about 2 colds per year.
Sweat produced 4.887 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) 32.577 A person farts approximately 12 times a day, producing almost 0.8 liters of gas.
Flies swatted 624 We swat 7 flies per year.
Mosquitoes killed 1.605 We kill approximately 18 mosquitoes per year.
Red blood cells formed 651.539.166.666.667 A person produces approximately 20 billion red blood cells per day.
Hair grown (in mm) 10.750 Our hair grows approximately 0.33mm per day.
Fingernails grown (in mm) 3.723 Fingernails grow approximately 0.8mm per week.
Cookies eaten 38.767 We eat approximately 35,000 cookies in our lifetime.
Bouts of vomiting 357 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 117.277 kilometers in your life...


... that corresponds to 2,93 orbits of the Earth...


... 10,74 moon orbits.


... and 5,49 Mars orbit on foot.



117.277 kilometers means:

4.460 years with a snail 🐌 (at 3m/h).
873 days on a donkey 🫏 (at 5,6km/h).
611 days on a Skateboard 🛹 (at 8km/h).
163 days travel with a subway train 🚇 (at 30km/h).
6 days on a plane ✈️ (at 800km/h)
4,19 hours on a Spaceshuttle 🚀 (at 28.000km/h)
115,66 minutes with spaceship Voyager 1 🚀 (at 60840km/h)
10,20 minutes with Parker Space Probe - the fastest object made by humans 🚀 (at 690000km/h)

and

3,96 days sonic speed (at 1234,8 km/h)
0,39 seconds light speed (at 1,08 Mrd km/h)

Astronomy

During the lifetime of Frank Whittle ...

... the Moon has orbited Earth 1.192 times.
... Mercury has orbited Sun 370,32 times.
... Venus has orbited Sun 144,98 times.
... Earth has orbited Sun 89,19 times.
... Mars has orbited Sun 47,42 times.
... Jupiter has orbited Sun 7,52 times.
... Saturn has orbited Sun 3,03 times.
... Uranus has orbited Sun 1,06 times.
... Neptune has orbited Sun 0,54 times.
... Pluto has orbited Sun 0,36 times.

My special birthdays

Der nächste runde Geburtstag von Frank Whittle wäre der 120. Geburtstag. Er findet am Tuesday, den 01.06.2027 statt.

Birthday Year Weekday Date Candles blown
10. 1917 Friday June 1, 1917 55
18. 1925 Monday June 1, 1925 171
20. 1927 Wednesday June 1, 1927 210
25. 1932 Wednesday June 1, 1932 325
30. 1937 Tuesday June 1, 1937 465
40. 1947 Sunday June 1, 1947 820
50. 1957 Saturday June 1, 1957 1275
60. 1967 Thursday June 1, 1967 1830
70. 1977 Wednesday June 1, 1977 2485
80. 1987 Monday June 1, 1987 3240
90. 1997 Sunday June 1, 1997 4095
100. 2007 Friday June 1, 2007 5050
110. 2017 Thursday June 1, 2017 6105
120. 2027 Tuesday June 1, 2027 7260
130. 2037 Monday June 1, 2037 8515
140. 2047 Saturday June 1, 2047 9870
150. 2057 Friday June 1, 2057 11325
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Birthday in numbers

Decimal:
1 • 6 • 1907
Binary:
1 • 110 • 11101110011
Hexadecimal:
1 • 6 • 773
Octal:
1 • 6 • 3563
Roman:
I • VI • MCMVII
Morsecode:
−−−−− ·−−−− ·−·−·− −−−−− −···· ·−·−·− ·−−−− −−−−· −−−−− −−···
Numbers to letters:
ab • ag • bjah
Cross sum:
24
Factor product:
11442
Birthday in words:
one • six • one thousand nine hundred seven

Historical Events

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Als Jugendlicher 10-20 Jahre

January 16, 1920
Prohibition begins in the United States with the 18th Amendment, banning the manufacture, sale, and transport of alcoholic beverages. (Age: 12 years and 7 months) 🔗
August 18, 1920
The 19th Amendment is ratified, granting women the right to vote across the United States. (Age: 13 years and 2 months) 🔗
March 12, 1921
The Soviet Union adopts the New Economic Policy (NEP), allowing some private enterprise to boost the post-war economy. (Age: 13 years and 9 months) 🔗
February 28, 1922
The United Kingdom unilaterally declares Egypt independent, ending the British protectorate. (Age: 14 years and 8 months) 🔗
October 28, 1922
Benito Mussolini and his Fascist party seize power in Italy following the March on Rome. (Age: 15 years and 4 months) 🔗
November 4, 1922
Howard Carter discovers the tomb of Tutankhamun in Egypt's Valley of the Kings, sparking a global frenzy for archaeology. (Age: 15 years and 5 months) 🔗
December 30, 1922
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) is officially established. (Age: 15 years and 6 months) 🔗
October 29, 1923
The Republic of Turkey is proclaimed by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, marking the end of the Ottoman Empire. (Age: 16 years and 4 months) 🔗
January 21, 1924
Vladimir Lenin, the leader of the Bolshevik Revolution and first head of the Soviet Union, dies. (Age: 16 years and 7 months) 🔗
January 24, 1924
The first Winter Olympics take place in Chamonix, France, establishing a new tradition in international sport. (Age: 16 years and 7 months) 🔗

Als Erwachsener 20-30 Jahre

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: 20 years and 4 months) 🔗
February 12, 1928
The first long-distance television broadcast is achieved between London and New York by John Logie Baird. (Age: 20 years and 8 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: 21 years and 2 months) 🔗
September 3, 1928
Scottish physician Alexander Fleming discovers penicillin, marking the beginning of the antibiotic age. (Age: 21 years and 3 months) 🔗
October 24, 1929
Black Thursday, the first major crash of the U.S. stock market, heralds the start of the Great Depression. (Age: 22 years and 4 months) 🔗
January 26, 1930
The Salt Satyagraha begins: Mahatma Gandhi begins a 240-mile march to protest the British salt tax in India. (Age: 22 years and 7 months) 🔗
March 13, 1930
The planet Pluto is officially discovered by astronomer Clyde Tombaugh at the Lowell Observatory. (Age: 22 years and 9 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: 24 years and 3 months) 🔗
May 20, 1932
Amelia Earhart begins her solo non-stop transatlantic flight, becoming the first woman to achieve this feat. (Age: 24 years and 11 months) 🔗
January 30, 1933
Adolf Hitler is appointed Chancellor of Germany, leading to the rapid consolidation of Nazi power and the end of the Weimar Republic. (Age: 25 years and 7 months) 🔗

Als Erwachsener 30-40 Jahre

December 13, 1937
The Nanking Massacre begins, where Japanese troops brutally murder hundreds of thousands of Chinese civilians and disarmed combatants. (Age: 30 years and 6 months) 🔗
March 12, 1938
The Anschluss: Nazi Germany annexes Austria, violating the Treaty of Versailles. (Age: 30 years and 9 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: 31 years and 3 months) 🔗
November 9, 1938
Kristallnacht (Night of Broken Glass) occurs, a coordinated series of violent pogroms against Jews throughout Nazi Germany. (Age: 31 years and 5 months) 🔗
January 5, 1939
The German V-2 rocket program begins under Wernher von Braun, laying the groundwork for later space exploration. (Age: 31 years and 7 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: 32 years and 2 months) 🔗
September 1, 1939
Germany invades Poland, officially starting World War II in Europe. (Age: 32 years and 3 months) 🔗
May 10, 1940
Germany launches its invasion of France, Belgium, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands, initiating the Battle of France. (Age: 32 years and 11 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: 33 years and 2 months) 🔗
June 22, 1941
Germany launches Operation Barbarossa, the invasion of the Soviet Union, opening the Eastern Front. (Age: 34 years and 0 months) 🔗

Als Erwachsener 40-50 Jahre

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: 40 years and 0 months) 🔗
August 15, 1947
India gains independence from British rule, leading to the partition of British India into India and Pakistan. (Age: 40 years and 2 months) 🔗
May 14, 1948
The State of Israel is formally established, leading immediately to the 1948 Arab–Israeli War. (Age: 40 years and 11 months) 🔗
April 4, 1949
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is established as a system of collective defense against Soviet expansion. (Age: 41 years and 10 months) 🔗
October 1, 1949
Mao Zedong proclaims the establishment of the People's Republic of China (PRC), following the Chinese Civil War. (Age: 42 years and 3 months) 🔗
June 25, 1950
North Korea invades South Korea, starting the Korean War, a major conflict of the Cold War era. (Age: 43 years and 0 months) 🔗
March 29, 1951
The 22nd Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is ratified, limiting the U.S. President to two terms. (Age: 43 years and 9 months) 🔗
February 6, 1952
Elizabeth II ascends to the throne upon the death of her father, King George VI. (Age: 44 years and 8 months) 🔗
April 25, 1953
James Watson and Francis Crick publish their paper describing the double helix structure of DNA, a monumental discovery in biology. (Age: 45 years and 10 months) 🔗
June 17, 1953
The Uprising of 1953 in East Germany occurs, where protests against economic policy are suppressed by Soviet troops. (Age: 46 years and 0 months) 🔗

Als Erwachsener 50-60 Jahre

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: 50 years and 3 months) 🔗
October 4, 1957
The Soviet Union launches Sputnik 1, the first artificial Earth satellite, initiating the Space Race. (Age: 50 years and 4 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: 50 years and 9 months) 🔗
January 1, 1959
Fidel Castro's forces overthrow the dictatorship of Fulgencio Batista, concluding the Cuban Revolution. (Age: 51 years and 7 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: 51 years and 8 months) 🔗
July 24, 1959
The "Kitchen Debate" between U.S. Vice President Richard Nixon and Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev takes place in Moscow. (Age: 52 years and 1 months) 🔗
October 21, 1959
The Guggenheim Museum, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, opens in New York City, becoming an iconic work of modern architecture. (Age: 52 years and 4 months) 🔗
February 1, 1960
The Greensboro sit-ins begin in North Carolina, marking a major turning point in the U.S. Civil Rights Movement. (Age: 52 years and 8 months) 🔗
July 1, 1960
Ghana becomes a republic, with Kwame Nkrumah as its first president. (Age: 53 years and 0 months) 🔗
April 12, 1961
Yuri Gagarin becomes the first human to travel into outer space and orbit the Earth. (Age: 53 years and 10 months) 🔗

Als Erwachsener 60-70 Jahre

June 5, 1967
The Six-Day War begins, a short but decisive conflict between Israel and neighboring Arab states. (Age: 60 years and 0 months) 🔗
December 3, 1967
Christiaan Barnard performs the world's first successful human-to-human heart transplant in Cape Town, South Africa. (Age: 60 years and 6 months) 🔗
April 4, 1968
Martin Luther King Jr. is assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee, leading to riots in many U.S. cities. (Age: 60 years and 10 months) 🔗
August 20, 1968
Warsaw Pact troops invade Czechoslovakia to halt the liberal reforms of the Prague Spring. (Age: 61 years and 2 months) 🔗
July 3, 1969
Brian Jones, founding member of The Rolling Stones, dies just a month after leaving the band. (Age: 62 years and 1 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: 62 years and 1 months) 🔗
August 15, 1969
The Woodstock Festival begins in Bethel, New York, becoming a defining moment for the counterculture generation. (Age: 62 years and 2 months) 🔗
October 29, 1969
The first message is sent over ARPANET, the precursor to the Internet, between UCLA and Stanford Research Institute. (Age: 62 years and 4 months) 🔗
April 17, 1970
The Apollo 13 mission safely returns to Earth after an oxygen tank explosion forced the crew to abort a moon landing. (Age: 62 years and 10 months) 🔗
June 21, 1970
Brazil wins the FIFA World Cup, permanently keeping the Jules Rimet trophy after their third victory. (Age: 63 years and 0 months) 🔗

Als Erwachsener 70-80 Jahre

July 25, 1978
Louise Brown, the first "test-tube baby," is born in England, marking a major breakthrough in in-vitro fertilization (IVF). (Age: 71 years and 1 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: 71 years and 3 months) 🔗
February 1, 1979
Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini returns to Iran after 15 years in exile, leading to the Iranian Revolution. (Age: 71 years and 8 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: 71 years and 9 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: 72 years and 5 months) 🔗
December 24, 1979
The Soviet–Afghan War begins as Soviet forces invade Afghanistan to support the communist government. (Age: 72 years and 6 months) 🔗
May 18, 1980
The eruption of Mount St. Helens in Washington state, a major volcanic eruption that caused widespread devastation. (Age: 72 years and 11 months) 🔗
December 8, 1980
John Lennon, a co-founder of The Beatles, is assassinated in New York City. (Age: 73 years and 6 months) 🔗
April 12, 1981
The first Space Shuttle, Columbia (STS-1), launches from Kennedy Space Center, marking a new era of reusable spacecraft. (Age: 73 years and 10 months) 🔗
June 5, 1981
The U.S. CDC reports the first cases of what would later be known as AIDS, marking the beginning of the global pandemic. (Age: 74 years and 0 months) 🔗

Als Erwachsener 80-90 Jahre

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: 80 years and 4 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: 80 years and 6 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: 81 years and 6 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: 81 years and 9 months) 🔗
November 9, 1989
The Berlin Wall, a symbol of the Cold War, is opened, leading to the end of the division of Germany and the collapse of East Germany. (Age: 82 years and 5 months) 🔗
April 24, 1990
The Hubble Space Telescope is launched aboard Space Shuttle Discovery. (Age: 82 years and 10 months) 🔗
October 3, 1990
German Reunification. East and West Germany are officially reunified, forming the Federal Republic of Germany. (Age: 83 years and 4 months) 🔗
January 17, 1991
Operation Desert Storm, the air and ground offensive to liberate Kuwait from Iraqi occupation, begins. (Age: 83 years and 7 months) 🔗
August 6, 1991
Tim Berners-Lee posts a summary of the World Wide Web project, making it publicly available. (Age: 84 years and 2 months) 🔗
December 26, 1991
The Soviet Union is officially dissolved, ending the Cold War. (Age: 84 years and 6 months) 🔗

Geburtstags-FAQ von Frank Whittle

How many birthday candles did Frank Whittle blow out so far?

» At 89 years, Frank Whittle has already blown out 4005 birthday candles, if you add up all the birthdays.

When will Frank Whittle be twice as old as today?

» Frank Whittle ist 32.576 days old today. On 16.10.2085 Frank Whittle will be twice as old as today. Frank Whittle will then be 178 Jahre und 4 Monate years old.

When will Frank Whittle be half as old as today?

» On 04.01.1952 Frank Whittle was half of age today. Back then Frank Whittle were 44 Jahre und 7 Monate years old.

When was Frank Whittle 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 (06.09.1906), we get the 06.09.1906. 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, Frank Whittle were conceived between 27.08.1906 and 16.09.1906.

How many prime number birthdays has Frank Whittle had so far?

» At 89 years old, Frank Whittle has already celebrated 24 prime number birthdays (2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23, 29, 31, 37, 41, 43, 47, 53, 59, 61, 67, 71, 73, 79, 83, 89).

How many special birthdays have I had so far?

» At 89 years, you've already celebrated 8 special number birthdays (11, 22, 33, 44, 55, 66, 77, 88). 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 01.06.2018. You can find out more on the page with all birthdays.

How old was Frank Whittle at the turn of the millennium in 2000?

» Frank Whittle was born exactly 33817 days before the turn of the millennium in January 1, 2000. At that time, Frank Whittle was 92 years and 7 months old.

Oldest person in the world

Frank Whittle is currently 33 years younger (44715 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.

Frank Whittle has lived 21880 days longer than he/she was dead.

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