Niklas Luhmann
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Niklas Luhmann

German sociologist, administration expert, and social systems theorist (1927-1998)

Niklas Luhmann was a German sociologist, philosopher of social science, and systems theorist.

Niklas Luhmann was born on Thursday, 08. December 1927.
That was day 342 of the year 1927.

Past away on Freitag November 6, 1998

Age when dead:
70 Jahre 10 Monate 29 Tage

Next birthday would be:
Tuesday December 8, 1998

Niklas Luhmann is already dead since:
27 Jahre 0 Monate 16 Tage

Niklas Luhmann was alive for 25901 days.
Niklas Luhmann is already dead for 9878 days.
Difference: 16023 days (43,87 years).

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Generation Traditionals

At 70 years, Niklas Luhmann belongs to the "Generation of Traditionals". Well-known figures of this generation include Helmut Kohl, Janis Joplin und Fernando Santos.

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

♐ Sagittarius

(November 23, 1927 - December 21, 1927)

Life Number

3

(Fun-loving, optimistic, disciplined)

Zodiac sign

Rabbit

(November 23, 1927 - December 21, 1927)

Birthstone

Blue Topaz

(Communication, wisdom, calm)

Age in absolute numbers

2.237.846.400 Seconds
37.297.440 Minutes
621.624 Hours
25.901 Days
3.700 Weeks
1175 Months
70 Years
7.09 Decades
0.71 Centuries

On July 1, 2026 would be Niklas Luhmann exactly 36000 days old.
On December 4, 2042 would be Niklas Luhmann exactly 6000 weeks old.

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

Milestones

With 70 years alive you reached these milestones:

Sleeping

8.634 days

A human spends about one third of their life sleeping. That’s an average of around 8.634 hours per day. At your age of 71 years, that equals approximately 8.634 days (23,64 years).

Eat & Drink

1.079 days

The average person spends about 1 hour a day eating and drinking. At 71 years, you have therefore spent approximately 1.079 days eating. (2,95 years).

Toilet visits

540 days

The average person spends about 30 minutes on the toilet every day. That's a total of 540 days (1,48 years).

Wait

899 days

The average person spends about 30 minutes on the toilet every day. That's a total of 899 days (2,46 years).

Laugh

108 days

We laugh for about six minutes a day. That's actually far too less. That's a total of 108 days (0,30 years).

Brush teeth

72 days

We laugh for about six minutes a day. That's actually far too less. That's a total of 72 days (0,20 years).

Work

7.015 days

We laugh for about six minutes a day. That's actually far too less. That's a total of 7.015 days (19,21 years).




Name Zahl Beschreibung
Breaths 671.353.920 Approximately 18 Breaths per minute
Heartbeats 2.797.308.000 Approximately 50-100 heartbeats per minute, depending on your lifestyle. We'll take the average at 75.
Blink 559.461.600 A human blinks roughly 15 times per minute.
Cough 388.515 A human has an average of 15 coughs per day.
Colds 142 A person gets about 2 colds per year.
Sweat produced 3.885 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) 25.901 A person farts approximately 12 times a day, producing almost 0.8 liters of gas.
Flies swatted 496 We swat 7 flies per year.
Mosquitoes killed 1.276 We kill approximately 18 mosquitoes per year.
Red blood cells formed 518.020.000.000.000 A person produces approximately 20 billion red blood cells per day.
Hair grown (in mm) 8.547 Our hair grows approximately 0.33mm per day.
Fingernails grown (in mm) 2.960 Fingernails grow approximately 0.8mm per week.
Cookies eaten 30.822 We eat approximately 35,000 cookies in our lifetime.
Bouts of vomiting 284 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 93.244 kilometers in your life...


... that corresponds to 2,33 orbits of the Earth...


... 8,54 moon orbits.


... and 4,37 Mars orbit on foot.



93.244 kilometers means:

3.546 years with a snail 🐌 (at 3m/h).
694 days on a donkey 🫏 (at 5,6km/h).
486 days on a Skateboard 🛹 (at 8km/h).
130 days travel with a subway train 🚇 (at 30km/h).
5 days on a plane ✈️ (at 800km/h)
3,33 hours on a Spaceshuttle 🚀 (at 28.000km/h)
91,96 minutes with spaceship Voyager 1 🚀 (at 60840km/h)
8,11 minutes with Parker Space Probe - the fastest object made by humans 🚀 (at 690000km/h)

and

3,15 days sonic speed (at 1234,8 km/h)
0,31 seconds light speed (at 1,08 Mrd km/h)

Astronomy

During the lifetime of Niklas Luhmann ...

... the Moon has orbited Earth 948 times.
... Mercury has orbited Sun 294,43 times.
... Venus has orbited Sun 115,27 times.
... Earth has orbited Sun 70,91 times.
... Mars has orbited Sun 37,70 times.
... Jupiter has orbited Sun 5,98 times.
... Saturn has orbited Sun 2,41 times.
... Uranus has orbited Sun 0,84 times.
... Neptune has orbited Sun 0,43 times.
... Pluto has orbited Sun 0,29 times.

My special birthdays

Der nächste runde Geburtstag von Niklas Luhmann wäre der 100. Geburtstag. Er findet am Wednesday, den 08.12.2027 statt.

Birthday Year Weekday Date Candles blown
10. 1937 Wednesday December 8, 1937 55
18. 1945 Saturday December 8, 1945 171
20. 1947 Monday December 8, 1947 210
25. 1952 Monday December 8, 1952 325
30. 1957 Sunday December 8, 1957 465
40. 1967 Friday December 8, 1967 820
50. 1977 Thursday December 8, 1977 1275
60. 1987 Tuesday December 8, 1987 1830
70. 1997 Monday December 8, 1997 2485
80. 2007 Saturday December 8, 2007 3240
90. 2017 Friday December 8, 2017 4095
100. 2027 Wednesday December 8, 2027 5050
110. 2037 Tuesday December 8, 2037 6105
120. 2047 Sunday December 8, 2047 7260
130. 2057 Saturday December 8, 2057 8515
140. 2067 Thursday December 8, 2067 9870
150. 2077 Wednesday December 8, 2077 11325
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Birthday in numbers

Decimal:
8 • 12 • 1927
Binary:
1000 • 1100 • 11110000111
Hexadecimal:
8 • c • 787
Octal:
10 • 14 • 3607
Roman:
VIII • XII • MCMXXVII
Morsecode:
−−−−− −−−·· ·−·−·− ·−−−− ··−−− ·−·−·− ·−−−− −−−−· ··−−− −−···
Numbers to letters:
ai • bc • bjch
Cross sum:
30
Factor product:
184992
Birthday in words:
eight • twelve • one thousand nine hundred twenty seven

Historical Events

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Als Baby (0-2 Jahre)

February 12, 1928
The first long-distance television broadcast is achieved between London and New York by John Logie Baird. (Age: 0 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: 0 years and 8 months) 🔗
September 3, 1928
Scottish physician Alexander Fleming discovers penicillin, marking the beginning of the antibiotic age. (Age: 0 years and 8 months) 🔗
October 24, 1929
Black Thursday, the first major crash of the U.S. stock market, heralds the start of the Great Depression. (Age: 1 years and 10 months) 🔗

Als Kind (2-10 Jahre)

January 26, 1930
The Salt Satyagraha begins: Mahatma Gandhi begins a 240-mile march to protest the British salt tax in India. (Age: 2 years and 1 months) 🔗
March 13, 1930
The planet Pluto is officially discovered by astronomer Clyde Tombaugh at the Lowell Observatory. (Age: 2 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: 3 years and 9 months) 🔗
May 20, 1932
Amelia Earhart begins her solo non-stop transatlantic flight, becoming the first woman to achieve this feat. (Age: 4 years and 5 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: 5 years and 1 months) 🔗
March 4, 1933
Franklin D. Roosevelt is inaugurated as U.S. President and begins his "First Hundred Days," launching the New Deal program. (Age: 5 years and 2 months) 🔗
January 19, 1934
The discovery of artificial radioactivity by Irène and Frédéric Joliot-Curie is announced, leading to their Nobel Prize. (Age: 6 years and 1 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: 6 years and 8 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: 7 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: 7 years and 9 months) 🔗

Als Jugendlicher 10-20 Jahre

December 13, 1937
The Nanking Massacre begins, where Japanese troops brutally murder hundreds of thousands of Chinese civilians and disarmed combatants. (Age: 10 years and 0 months) 🔗
March 12, 1938
The Anschluss: Nazi Germany annexes Austria, violating the Treaty of Versailles. (Age: 10 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: 10 years and 9 months) 🔗
November 9, 1938
Kristallnacht (Night of Broken Glass) occurs, a coordinated series of violent pogroms against Jews throughout Nazi Germany. (Age: 10 years and 11 months) 🔗
January 5, 1939
The German V-2 rocket program begins under Wernher von Braun, laying the groundwork for later space exploration. (Age: 11 years and 0 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: 11 years and 8 months) 🔗
September 1, 1939
Germany invades Poland, officially starting World War II in Europe. (Age: 11 years and 8 months) 🔗
May 10, 1940
Germany launches its invasion of France, Belgium, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands, initiating the Battle of France. (Age: 12 years and 5 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: 12 years and 8 months) 🔗
June 22, 1941
Germany launches Operation Barbarossa, the invasion of the Soviet Union, opening the Eastern Front. (Age: 13 years and 6 months) 🔗

Als Erwachsener 20-30 Jahre

May 14, 1948
The State of Israel is formally established, leading immediately to the 1948 Arab–Israeli War. (Age: 20 years and 5 months) 🔗
April 4, 1949
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is established as a system of collective defense against Soviet expansion. (Age: 21 years and 3 months) 🔗
October 1, 1949
Mao Zedong proclaims the establishment of the People's Republic of China (PRC), following the Chinese Civil War. (Age: 21 years and 9 months) 🔗
June 25, 1950
North Korea invades South Korea, starting the Korean War, a major conflict of the Cold War era. (Age: 22 years and 6 months) 🔗
March 29, 1951
The 22nd Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is ratified, limiting the U.S. President to two terms. (Age: 23 years and 3 months) 🔗
February 6, 1952
Elizabeth II ascends to the throne upon the death of her father, King George VI. (Age: 24 years and 1 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: 25 years and 4 months) 🔗
June 17, 1953
The Uprising of 1953 in East Germany occurs, where protests against economic policy are suppressed by Soviet troops. (Age: 25 years and 6 months) 🔗
June 18, 1953
Egypt is declared a republic, ending the Muhammad Ali dynasty. (Age: 25 years and 6 months) 🔗
May 17, 1954
The U.S. Supreme Court rules in Brown v. Board of Education, declaring state-sponsored segregation in public schools unconstitutional. (Age: 26 years and 5 months) 🔗

Als Erwachsener 30-40 Jahre

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: 30 years and 3 months) 🔗
January 1, 1959
Fidel Castro's forces overthrow the dictatorship of Fulgencio Batista, concluding the Cuban Revolution. (Age: 31 years and 0 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: 31 years and 1 months) 🔗
July 24, 1959
The "Kitchen Debate" between U.S. Vice President Richard Nixon and Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev takes place in Moscow. (Age: 31 years and 7 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: 31 years and 10 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: 32 years and 1 months) 🔗
July 1, 1960
Ghana becomes a republic, with Kwame Nkrumah as its first president. (Age: 32 years and 6 months) 🔗
April 12, 1961
Yuri Gagarin becomes the first human to travel into outer space and orbit the Earth. (Age: 33 years and 4 months) 🔗
August 13, 1961
East Germany begins construction of the Berlin Wall, dividing East and West Berlin and symbolizing the Cold War. (Age: 33 years and 8 months) 🔗
October 16, 1962
The Cuban Missile Crisis begins, bringing the United States and the Soviet Union to the brink of nuclear war. (Age: 34 years and 10 months) 🔗

Als Erwachsener 40-50 Jahre

April 4, 1968
Martin Luther King Jr. is assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee, leading to riots in many U.S. cities. (Age: 40 years and 3 months) 🔗
August 20, 1968
Warsaw Pact troops invade Czechoslovakia to halt the liberal reforms of the Prague Spring. (Age: 40 years and 8 months) 🔗
July 3, 1969
Brian Jones, founding member of The Rolling Stones, dies just a month after leaving the band. (Age: 41 years and 6 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: 41 years and 7 months) 🔗
August 15, 1969
The Woodstock Festival begins in Bethel, New York, becoming a defining moment for the counterculture generation. (Age: 41 years and 8 months) 🔗
October 29, 1969
The first message is sent over ARPANET, the precursor to the Internet, between UCLA and Stanford Research Institute. (Age: 41 years and 10 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: 42 years and 4 months) 🔗
June 21, 1970
Brazil wins the FIFA World Cup, permanently keeping the Jules Rimet trophy after their third victory. (Age: 42 years and 6 months) 🔗
January 2, 1971
The Public Health Cigarette Smoking Act is passed in the US, banning cigarette advertising on television and radio. (Age: 43 years and 0 months) 🔗
August 15, 1971
U.S. President Richard Nixon ends the convertibility of the US dollar to gold, effectively ending the Bretton Woods system. (Age: 43 years and 8 months) 🔗

Als Erwachsener 50-60 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: 50 years and 7 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: 50 years and 9 months) 🔗
February 1, 1979
Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini returns to Iran after 15 years in exile, leading to the Iranian Revolution. (Age: 51 years and 1 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: 51 years and 3 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: 51 years and 10 months) 🔗
December 24, 1979
The Soviet–Afghan War begins as Soviet forces invade Afghanistan to support the communist government. (Age: 52 years and 0 months) 🔗
May 18, 1980
The eruption of Mount St. Helens in Washington state, a major volcanic eruption that caused widespread devastation. (Age: 52 years and 5 months) 🔗
December 8, 1980
John Lennon, a co-founder of The Beatles, is assassinated in New York City. (Age: 53 years and 0 months) 🔗
April 12, 1981
The first Space Shuttle, Columbia (STS-1), launches from Kennedy Space Center, marking a new era of reusable spacecraft. (Age: 53 years and 4 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: 53 years and 5 months) 🔗

Als Erwachsener 60-70 Jahre

December 8, 1987
The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty is signed by U.S. President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev. (Age: 60 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: 61 years and 0 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: 61 years and 3 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: 61 years and 11 months) 🔗
April 24, 1990
The Hubble Space Telescope is launched aboard Space Shuttle Discovery. (Age: 62 years and 4 months) 🔗
October 3, 1990
German Reunification. East and West Germany are officially reunified, forming the Federal Republic of Germany. (Age: 62 years and 9 months) 🔗
January 17, 1991
Operation Desert Storm, the air and ground offensive to liberate Kuwait from Iraqi occupation, begins. (Age: 63 years and 1 months) 🔗
August 6, 1991
Tim Berners-Lee posts a summary of the World Wide Web project, making it publicly available. (Age: 63 years and 7 months) 🔗
December 26, 1991
The Soviet Union is officially dissolved, ending the Cold War. (Age: 64 years and 0 months) 🔗
April 6, 1992
The Bosnian War, an international armed conflict, begins in Bosnia and Herzegovina. (Age: 64 years and 3 months) 🔗

Als Erwachsener 70-80 Jahre

December 19, 1997
The film "Titanic," directed by James Cameron, is released, becoming the highest-grossing film of all time (at that time). (Age: 70 years and 0 months) 🔗
April 10, 1998
The Good Friday Agreement is signed, marking a major political development in the Northern Ireland peace process. (Age: 70 years and 4 months) 🔗

Geburtstags-FAQ von Niklas Luhmann

How many birthday candles did Niklas Luhmann blow out so far?

» At 70 years, Niklas Luhmann has already blown out 2485 birthday candles, if you add up all the birthdays.

When will Niklas Luhmann be twice as old as today?

» Niklas Luhmann ist 25.901 days old today. On 05.10.2069 Niklas Luhmann will be twice as old as today. Niklas Luhmann will then be 141 Jahre und 9 Monate years old.

When will Niklas Luhmann be half as old as today?

» On 23.05.1963 Niklas Luhmann was half of age today. Back then Niklas Luhmann were 35 Jahre und 5 Monate years old.

When was Niklas Luhmann 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 (15.03.1927), we get the 15.03.1927. 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, Niklas Luhmann were conceived between 05.03.1927 and 25.03.1927.

How many prime number birthdays has Niklas Luhmann had so far?

» At 70 years old, Niklas Luhmann has already celebrated 19 prime number birthdays (2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23, 29, 31, 37, 41, 43, 47, 53, 59, 61, 67).

How many special birthdays have I had so far?

» At 70 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 08.12.2038. You can find out more on the page with all birthdays.

How old was Niklas Luhmann at the turn of the millennium in 2000?

» Niklas Luhmann was born exactly 26322 days before the turn of the millennium in January 1, 2000. At that time, Niklas Luhmann was 72 years and 0 months old.

Oldest person in the world

Niklas Luhmann is currently 52 years younger (44694 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.

Niklas Luhmann has lived 16023 days longer than he/she was dead.

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