Peter Snell
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Peter Snell

New Zealand athlete (1938–2019)

Sir Peter George Snell was a New Zealand middle-distance runner. He won three Olympic gold medals, and is the only man since 1920 to have won the 800 and 1500 metres at the same Olympics, in 1964.

Peter Snell was born on Saturday, 17. December 1938.
That was day 351 of the year 1938.

Past away on Donnerstag December 12, 2019

Age when dead:
80 Jahre 11 Monate 26 Tage

Next birthday would be:
Tuesday December 17, 2019

Peter Snell is already dead since:
5 Jahre 11 Monate 10 Tage

Peter Snell was alive for 29580 days.
Peter Snell is already dead for 2172 days.
Difference: 27408 days (75,04 years).

Peter Snell has the same birthday like
Joseph Henry, David Rudisha and Milla Jovovich

The death date of Peter Snell is the birthday of
Alexander I of Russia, Mayim Bialik and Emerson Fittipaldi

Who has the same birthday as Peter Snell?

December 17 is also the birthday of:


Same vintage - 1938


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Generation Traditionals

At 80 years, Peter Snell belongs to the "Generation of Traditionals". Well-known figures of this generation include Jochen Rindt, Paul Breitner und Vera Rubin.

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, 1938 - December 21, 1938)

Life Number

5

(Adventurous, avoids responsibility, sometimes unreliable)

Zodiac sign

Tiger

(November 23, 1938 - December 21, 1938)

Birthstone

Blue Topaz

(Communication, wisdom, calm)

Age in absolute numbers

2.555.712.000 Seconds
42.595.200 Minutes
709.920 Hours
29.580 Days
4.225 Weeks
1043 Months
80 Years
8.1 Decades
0.81 Centuries

On July 28, 2026 would be Peter Snell exactly 32000 days old.
On October 14, 2034 would be Peter Snell exactly 5000 weeks old.

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

Milestones

With 80 years alive you reached these milestones:

Sleeping

9.860 days

A human spends about one third of their life sleeping. That’s an average of around 9.860 hours per day. At your age of 81 years, that equals approximately 9.860 days (27,00 years).

Eat & Drink

1.233 days

The average person spends about 1 hour a day eating and drinking. At 81 years, you have therefore spent approximately 1.233 days eating. (3,37 years).

Toilet visits

616 days

The average person spends about 30 minutes on the toilet every day. That's a total of 616 days (1,69 years).

Wait

1.027 days

The average person spends about 30 minutes on the toilet every day. That's a total of 1.027 days (2,81 years).

Laugh

123 days

We laugh for about six minutes a day. That's actually far too less. That's a total of 123 days (0,34 years).

Brush teeth

82 days

We laugh for about six minutes a day. That's actually far too less. That's a total of 82 days (0,22 years).

Work

8.011 days

We laugh for about six minutes a day. That's actually far too less. That's a total of 8.011 days (21,93 years).




Name Zahl Beschreibung
Breaths 766.713.600 Approximately 18 Breaths per minute
Heartbeats 3.194.640.000 Approximately 50-100 heartbeats per minute, depending on your lifestyle. We'll take the average at 75.
Blink 638.928.000 A human blinks roughly 15 times per minute.
Cough 443.700 A human has an average of 15 coughs per day.
Colds 162 A person gets about 2 colds per year.
Sweat produced 4.437 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) 29.580 A person farts approximately 12 times a day, producing almost 0.8 liters of gas.
Flies swatted 567 We swat 7 flies per year.
Mosquitoes killed 1.458 We kill approximately 18 mosquitoes per year.
Red blood cells formed 591.600.000.000.000 A person produces approximately 20 billion red blood cells per day.
Hair grown (in mm) 9.761 Our hair grows approximately 0.33mm per day.
Fingernails grown (in mm) 3.381 Fingernails grow approximately 0.8mm per week.
Cookies eaten 35.200 We eat approximately 35,000 cookies in our lifetime.
Bouts of vomiting 324 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 106.488 kilometers in your life...


... that corresponds to 2,66 orbits of the Earth...


... 9,76 moon orbits.


... and 4,99 Mars orbit on foot.



106.488 kilometers means:

4.049 years with a snail 🐌 (at 3m/h).
792 days on a donkey 🫏 (at 5,6km/h).
555 days on a Skateboard 🛹 (at 8km/h).
148 days travel with a subway train 🚇 (at 30km/h).
6 days on a plane ✈️ (at 800km/h)
3,80 hours on a Spaceshuttle 🚀 (at 28.000km/h)
105,02 minutes with spaceship Voyager 1 🚀 (at 60840km/h)
9,26 minutes with Parker Space Probe - the fastest object made by humans 🚀 (at 690000km/h)

and

3,59 days sonic speed (at 1234,8 km/h)
0,35 seconds light speed (at 1,08 Mrd km/h)

Astronomy

During the lifetime of Peter Snell ...

... the Moon has orbited Earth 1.083 times.
... Mercury has orbited Sun 336,25 times.
... Venus has orbited Sun 131,64 times.
... Earth has orbited Sun 80,98 times.
... Mars has orbited Sun 43,06 times.
... Jupiter has orbited Sun 6,83 times.
... Saturn has orbited Sun 2,75 times.
... Uranus has orbited Sun 0,96 times.
... Neptune has orbited Sun 0,49 times.
... Pluto has orbited Sun 0,33 times.

My special birthdays

Der nächste runde Geburtstag von Peter Snell wäre der 90. Geburtstag. Er findet am Sunday, den 17.12.2028 statt.

Birthday Year Weekday Date Candles blown
10. 1948 Friday December 17, 1948 55
18. 1956 Monday December 17, 1956 171
20. 1958 Wednesday December 17, 1958 210
25. 1963 Tuesday December 17, 1963 325
30. 1968 Tuesday December 17, 1968 465
40. 1978 Sunday December 17, 1978 820
50. 1988 Saturday December 17, 1988 1275
60. 1998 Thursday December 17, 1998 1830
70. 2008 Wednesday December 17, 2008 2485
80. 2018 Monday December 17, 2018 3240
90. 2028 Sunday December 17, 2028 4095
100. 2038 Friday December 17, 2038 5050
110. 2048 Thursday December 17, 2048 6105
120. 2058 Tuesday December 17, 2058 7260
130. 2068 Monday December 17, 2068 8515
140. 2078 Saturday December 17, 2078 9870
150. 2088 Friday December 17, 2088 11325
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Birthday in numbers

Decimal:
17 • 12 • 1938
Binary:
10001 • 1100 • 11110010010
Hexadecimal:
11 • c • 792
Octal:
21 • 14 • 3622
Roman:
XVII • XII • MCMXXXVIII
Morsecode:
·−−−− −−··· ·−·−·− ·−−−− ··−−− ·−·−·− ·−−−− −−−−· ···−− −−−··
Numbers to letters:
bh • bc • bjdi
Cross sum:
32
Factor product:
395352
Birthday in words:
seventeen • twelve • one thousand nine hundred thirty eight

Historical Events

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Als Baby (0-2 Jahre)

January 5, 1939
The German V-2 rocket program begins under Wernher von Braun, laying the groundwork for later space exploration. (Age: 0 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: 0 years and 8 months) 🔗
September 1, 1939
Germany invades Poland, officially starting World War II in Europe. (Age: 0 years and 8 months) 🔗
May 10, 1940
Germany launches its invasion of France, Belgium, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands, initiating the Battle of France. (Age: 1 years and 4 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: 1 years and 7 months) 🔗

Als Kind (2-10 Jahre)

June 22, 1941
Germany launches Operation Barbarossa, the invasion of the Soviet Union, opening the Eastern Front. (Age: 2 years and 6 months) 🔗
December 7, 1941
Japan attacks the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor, prompting the United States to formally enter World War II. (Age: 2 years and 11 months) 🔗
June 4, 1942
The Battle of Midway, a decisive naval victory for the U.S. against Japan, marks a turning point in the Pacific War. (Age: 3 years and 5 months) 🔗
August 23, 1942
The Battle of Stalingrad begins, one of the largest and bloodiest battles in the history of warfare. (Age: 3 years and 8 months) 🔗
September 8, 1943
Italy surrenders to the Allies, though fighting continues as German forces occupy northern Italy. (Age: 4 years and 8 months) 🔗
June 6, 1944
D-Day: Allied forces launch Operation Overlord, landing on the beaches of Normandy, beginning the liberation of Western Europe. (Age: 5 years and 5 months) 🔗
April 30, 1945
Adolf Hitler commits suicide in his Berlin bunker as Soviet troops close in. (Age: 6 years and 4 months) 🔗
May 8, 1945
V-E Day (Victory in Europe Day): The Allies formally accept the unconditional surrender of Nazi Germany. (Age: 6 years and 4 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: 6 years and 7 months) 🔗
September 2, 1945
V-J Day (Victory over Japan Day): Japan formally surrenders, officially ending World War II. (Age: 6 years and 8 months) 🔗

Als Jugendlicher 10-20 Jahre

April 4, 1949
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is established as a system of collective defense against Soviet expansion. (Age: 10 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: 10 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: 11 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: 12 years and 3 months) 🔗
February 6, 1952
Elizabeth II ascends to the throne upon the death of her father, King George VI. (Age: 13 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: 14 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: 14 years and 6 months) 🔗
June 18, 1953
Egypt is declared a republic, ending the Muhammad Ali dynasty. (Age: 14 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: 15 years and 5 months) 🔗
July 20, 1954
The Geneva Accords are signed, dividing Vietnam into North and South along the 17th parallel. (Age: 15 years and 7 months) 🔗

Als Erwachsener 20-30 Jahre

January 1, 1959
Fidel Castro's forces overthrow the dictatorship of Fulgencio Batista, concluding the Cuban Revolution. (Age: 20 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: 20 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: 20 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: 20 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: 21 years and 1 months) 🔗
July 1, 1960
Ghana becomes a republic, with Kwame Nkrumah as its first president. (Age: 21 years and 6 months) 🔗
April 12, 1961
Yuri Gagarin becomes the first human to travel into outer space and orbit the Earth. (Age: 22 years and 3 months) 🔗
August 13, 1961
East Germany begins construction of the Berlin Wall, dividing East and West Berlin and symbolizing the Cold War. (Age: 22 years and 7 months) 🔗
October 16, 1962
The Cuban Missile Crisis begins, bringing the United States and the Soviet Union to the brink of nuclear war. (Age: 23 years and 9 months) 🔗
August 28, 1963
Martin Luther King Jr. delivers his "I Have a Dream" speech during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. (Age: 24 years and 8 months) 🔗

Als Erwachsener 30-40 Jahre

July 3, 1969
Brian Jones, founding member of The Rolling Stones, dies just a month after leaving the band. (Age: 30 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: 30 years and 7 months) 🔗
August 15, 1969
The Woodstock Festival begins in Bethel, New York, becoming a defining moment for the counterculture generation. (Age: 30 years and 7 months) 🔗
October 29, 1969
The first message is sent over ARPANET, the precursor to the Internet, between UCLA and Stanford Research Institute. (Age: 30 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: 31 years and 4 months) 🔗
June 21, 1970
Brazil wins the FIFA World Cup, permanently keeping the Jules Rimet trophy after their third victory. (Age: 31 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: 32 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: 32 years and 7 months) 🔗
June 17, 1972
Five men are arrested for breaking into the Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate complex, triggering the scandal. (Age: 33 years and 6 months) 🔗
September 5, 1972
The Munich Massacre occurs at the Summer Olympics, where members of the Israeli Olympic team are taken hostage and killed by Palestinian terrorists. (Age: 33 years and 8 months) 🔗

Als Erwachsener 40-50 Jahre

February 1, 1979
Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini returns to Iran after 15 years in exile, leading to the Iranian Revolution. (Age: 40 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: 40 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: 40 years and 10 months) 🔗
December 24, 1979
The Soviet–Afghan War begins as Soviet forces invade Afghanistan to support the communist government. (Age: 41 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: 41 years and 5 months) 🔗
December 8, 1980
John Lennon, a co-founder of The Beatles, is assassinated in New York City. (Age: 41 years and 11 months) 🔗
April 12, 1981
The first Space Shuttle, Columbia (STS-1), launches from Kennedy Space Center, marking a new era of reusable spacecraft. (Age: 42 years and 3 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: 42 years and 5 months) 🔗
August 12, 1981
IBM releases the IBM Personal Computer (Model 5150), popularizing personal computing for business and home use. (Age: 42 years and 7 months) 🔗
April 2, 1982
Argentina invades the Falkland Islands, starting the Falklands War with the United Kingdom. (Age: 43 years and 3 months) 🔗

Als Erwachsener 50-60 Jahre

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: 50 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: 50 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: 50 years and 10 months) 🔗
April 24, 1990
The Hubble Space Telescope is launched aboard Space Shuttle Discovery. (Age: 51 years and 4 months) 🔗
October 3, 1990
German Reunification. East and West Germany are officially reunified, forming the Federal Republic of Germany. (Age: 51 years and 9 months) 🔗
January 17, 1991
Operation Desert Storm, the air and ground offensive to liberate Kuwait from Iraqi occupation, begins. (Age: 52 years and 1 months) 🔗
August 6, 1991
Tim Berners-Lee posts a summary of the World Wide Web project, making it publicly available. (Age: 52 years and 7 months) 🔗
December 26, 1991
The Soviet Union is officially dissolved, ending the Cold War. (Age: 53 years and 0 months) 🔗
April 6, 1992
The Bosnian War, an international armed conflict, begins in Bosnia and Herzegovina. (Age: 53 years and 3 months) 🔗
September 13, 1993
The Oslo I Accord, the first direct agreement between Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), is signed. (Age: 54 years and 8 months) 🔗

Als Erwachsener 60-70 Jahre

January 1, 1999
The Euro is introduced as an electronic currency in 11 European Union countries. (Age: 60 years and 0 months) 🔗
April 20, 1999
The Columbine High School massacre occurs, shocking the world and sparking debates on gun control and school safety. (Age: 60 years and 4 months) 🔗
March 10, 2000
The dot-com bubble bursts, beginning a period of economic decline for technology and internet-related stocks. (Age: 61 years and 2 months) 🔗
September 11, 2001
The September 11 attacks occur, where al-Qaeda terrorists hijack four planes, striking the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. (Age: 62 years and 8 months) 🔗
October 7, 2001
The U.S. and NATO allies invade Afghanistan following the September 11 attacks to dismantle al-Qaeda and remove the Taliban. (Age: 62 years and 9 months) 🔗
December 11, 2001
The People's Republic of China officially joins the World Trade Organization (WTO), integrating its economy deeply into global trade. (Age: 62 years and 11 months) 🔗
January 1, 2002
Euro banknotes and coins are introduced in 12 Eurozone member states, completing the currency's transition. (Age: 63 years and 0 months) 🔗
February 1, 2003
The Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrates upon re-entry, killing all seven crew members and halting the shuttle program for over two years. (Age: 64 years and 1 months) 🔗
March 20, 2003
The U.S. and a coalition of allies invade Iraq, marking the beginning of the Iraq War. (Age: 64 years and 3 months) 🔗
February 4, 2004
Mark Zuckerberg launches "The Facebook," initially limited to Harvard students, which later becomes the global social media giant. (Age: 65 years and 1 months) 🔗

Als Erwachsener 70-80 Jahre

January 3, 2009
The first block of the blockchain for the cryptocurrency Bitcoin is mined, marking the birth of decentralized digital currency. (Age: 70 years and 0 months) 🔗
June 25, 2009
Michael Jackson, the "King of Pop," dies at age 50, leading to a massive global outpouring of grief and media coverage. (Age: 70 years and 6 months) 🔗
January 12, 2010
A magnitude 7.0 earthquake strikes Haiti, causing catastrophic damage and a massive humanitarian crisis. (Age: 71 years and 0 months) 🔗
April 20, 2010
The Deepwater Horizon oil spill occurs in the Gulf of Mexico, becoming the largest marine oil spill in history. (Age: 71 years and 4 months) 🔗
December 17, 2010
Mohamed Bouazizi self-immolates in Tunisia, triggering the Tunisian Revolution and eventually the wider Arab Spring uprisings. (Age: 72 years and 0 months) 🔗
March 11, 2011
A magnitude 9.1 earthquake and subsequent tsunami strike Japan, causing the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster. (Age: 72 years and 2 months) 🔗
May 2, 2011
Osama bin Laden, the leader of al-Qaeda, is killed by U.S. Navy SEALs in Abbottabad, Pakistan. (Age: 72 years and 4 months) 🔗
October 31, 2011
The world population is estimated to have reached 7 billion people. (Age: 72 years and 10 months) 🔗
August 6, 2012
NASA's Curiosity rover successfully lands on Mars to explore the Gale Crater and search for signs of past microbial life. (Age: 73 years and 7 months) 🔗
February 15, 2013
A large meteoroid enters the Earth's atmosphere over Chelyabinsk, Russia, injuring over 1,000 people and raising awareness of asteroid defense. (Age: 74 years and 1 months) 🔗

Als Erwachsener 80-90 Jahre

April 10, 2019
The Event Horizon Telescope collaboration releases the first-ever direct image of a black hole (M87*). (Age: 80 years and 3 months) 🔗
June 28, 2019
Greta Thunberg, a Swedish student, inspires global climate strikes, bringing youth climate activism to the forefront. (Age: 80 years and 6 months) 🔗

Geburtstags-FAQ von Peter Snell

How many birthday candles did Peter Snell blow out so far?

» At 80 years, Peter Snell has already blown out 3240 birthday candles, if you add up all the birthdays.

When will Peter Snell be twice as old as today?

» Peter Snell ist 29.580 days old today. On 07.12.2100 Peter Snell will be twice as old as today. Peter Snell will then be 161 Jahre und 11 Monate years old.

When will Peter Snell be half as old as today?

» On 15.06.1979 Peter Snell was half of age today. Back then Peter Snell were 40 Jahre und 5 Monate years old.

When was Peter Snell 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 (24.03.1938), we get the 24.03.1938. 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, Peter Snell were conceived between 14.03.1938 and 03.04.1938.

How many prime number birthdays has Peter Snell had so far?

» At 80 years old, Peter Snell has already celebrated 22 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).

How many special birthdays have I had so far?

» At 80 years, you've already celebrated 7 special number birthdays (11, 22, 33, 44, 55, 66, 77). 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 17.12.2049. You can find out more on the page with all birthdays.

How old was Peter Snell at the turn of the millennium in 2000?

» Peter Snell was born exactly 22295 days before the turn of the millennium in January 1, 2000. At that time, Peter Snell was 61 years and 0 months old.

Oldest person in the world

Peter Snell is currently 42 years younger (44698 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.

Peter Snell has lived 27408 days longer than he/she was dead.

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