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Philo Farnsworth
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Philo Farnsworth

American inventor (1906–1971)

Philo Taylor Farnsworth, "The father of television", was the American inventor and pioneer who was granted the first patent for the television by the United States Government.

Philo Farnsworth was born on Sunday, 19. August 1906.
That was day 231 of the year 1906.

Past away on Donnerstag March 11, 1971

Age when dead:
64 Jahre 6 Monate 23 Tage

Next birthday would be:
Thursday August 19, 1971

Philo Farnsworth is already dead since:
54 Jahre 8 Monate 11 Tage

Philo Farnsworth was alive for 23580 days.
Philo Farnsworth is already dead for 19980 days.
Difference: 3600 days (9,86 years).

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Did you know? Philo Farnsworth is ...

Great Generation

Period: 1901 ‐ 1921

At 64 years, Philo Farnsworth belongs to the "Great Generation". Well-known figures of this generation include Herbert von Karajan, Ray Kroc und Katharine Hepburn.

Astrology

Zodiac

♌ Leo

(July 23, 1906 - August 23, 1906)

Life Number

7

(Likeable, loving, changeable)

Zodiac sign

Horse

(July 23, 1906 - August 23, 1906)

Birthstone

Peridot

(Healing, harmony, good fortune)

Age in absolute numbers

Since Philo Farnsworth was born...

2.037.312.000 Seconds
33.955.200 Minutes
565.920 Hours
23.580 Days
3.368 Weeks
1431 Months
64 Years
6.46 Decades
0.65 Centuries

On February 5, 2027 would be Philo Farnsworth exactly 44000 days old.
On October 14, 2040 would be Philo Farnsworth exactly 7000 weeks old.

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

Milestones

Successes that speak for themselves

With 64 years alive you reached these milestones:

Sleeping

7.860 days

A human spends about one third of their life sleeping. That’s an average of around 7.860 hours per day. At your age of 65 years, that equals approximately 7.860 days (21,52 years).

Eat & Drink

983 days

The average person spends about 1 hour a day eating and drinking. At 65 years, you have therefore spent approximately 983 days eating. (2,69 years).

Toilet visits

491 days

The average person spends about 30 minutes on the toilet every day. That's a total of 491 days (1,34 years).

Wait

819 days

The average person spends about 30 minutes on the toilet every day. That's a total of 819 days (2,24 years).

Laugh

98 days

We laugh for about six minutes a day. That's actually far too less. That's a total of 98 days (0,27 years).

Brush teeth

66 days

We laugh for about six minutes a day. That's actually far too less. That's a total of 66 days (0,18 years).

Work

6.386 days

We laugh for about six minutes a day. That's actually far too less. That's a total of 6.386 days (17,48 years).




Name Zahl Beschreibung
Breaths 611.193.600 Approximately 18 Breaths per minute
Heartbeats 2.546.640.000 Approximately 50-100 heartbeats per minute, depending on your lifestyle. We'll take the average at 75.
Blink 509.328.000 A human blinks roughly 15 times per minute.
Cough 353.700 A human has an average of 15 coughs per day.
Colds 129 A person gets about 2 colds per year.
Sweat produced 3.537 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) 23.580 A person farts approximately 12 times a day, producing almost 0.8 liters of gas.
Flies swatted 452 We swat 7 flies per year.
Mosquitoes killed 1.162 We kill approximately 18 mosquitoes per year.
Red blood cells formed 471.600.000.000.000 A person produces approximately 20 billion red blood cells per day.
Hair grown (in mm) 7.781 Our hair grows approximately 0.33mm per day.
Fingernails grown (in mm) 2.695 Fingernails grow approximately 0.8mm per week.
Cookies eaten 28.060 We eat approximately 35,000 cookies in our lifetime.
Bouts of vomiting 258 A person vomits approximately four times a year, depending on lifestyle.

Information is based on statistical average values of a person.

Travelled distances

Always on the move

According to statistical averages, you have walked 84.888 kilometers in your life...


... that corresponds to 2,12 orbits of the Earth...


... 7,78 moon orbits.


... and 3,98 Mars orbit on foot.



84.888 kilometers means:

3.228 years with a snail 🐌 (at 3m/h).
632 days on a donkey 🫏 (at 5,6km/h).
442 days on a Skateboard 🛹 (at 8km/h).
118 days travel with a subway train 🚇 (at 30km/h).
4 days on a plane ✈️ (at 800km/h)
3,03 hours on a Spaceshuttle 🚀 (at 28.000km/h)
83,72 minutes with spaceship Voyager 1 🚀 (at 60840km/h)
7,38 minutes with Parker Space Probe - the fastest object made by humans 🚀 (at 690000km/h)

and

2,86 days sonic speed (at 1234,8 km/h)
0,28 seconds light speed (at 1,08 Mrd km/h)

Astronomy

Our Solar System

During the lifetime of Philo Farnsworth ...

... the Moon has orbited Earth 863 times.
... Mercury has orbited Sun 268,05 times.
... Venus has orbited Sun 104,94 times.
... Earth has orbited Sun 64,56 times.
... Mars has orbited Sun 34,32 times.
... Jupiter has orbited Sun 5,45 times.
... Saturn has orbited Sun 2,19 times.
... Uranus has orbited Sun 0,77 times.
... Neptune has orbited Sun 0,39 times.
... Pluto has orbited Sun 0,26 times.

My special birthdays

Der nächste runde Geburtstag von Philo Farnsworth wäre der 120. Geburtstag. Er findet am Wednesday, den 19.08.2026 statt.

Birthday Year Weekday Date Candles blown
10. 1916 Saturday August 19, 1916 55
18. 1924 Tuesday August 19, 1924 171
20. 1926 Thursday August 19, 1926 210
25. 1931 Wednesday August 19, 1931 325
30. 1936 Wednesday August 19, 1936 465
40. 1946 Monday August 19, 1946 820
50. 1956 Sunday August 19, 1956 1275
60. 1966 Friday August 19, 1966 1830
70. 1976 Thursday August 19, 1976 2485
80. 1986 Tuesday August 19, 1986 3240
90. 1996 Monday August 19, 1996 4095
100. 2006 Saturday August 19, 2006 5050
110. 2016 Friday August 19, 2016 6105
120. 2026 Wednesday August 19, 2026 7260
130. 2036 Tuesday August 19, 2036 8515
140. 2046 Sunday August 19, 2046 9870
150. 2056 Saturday August 19, 2056 11325
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Birthday in numbers

Other Number systems

Decimal:
19 • 8 • 1906
Binary:
10011 • 1000 • 11101110010
Hexadecimal:
13 • 8 • 772
Octal:
23 • 10 • 3562
Roman:
XIX • VIII • MCMVI
Morsecode:
·−−−− −−−−· ·−·−·− −−−−− −−−·· ·−·−·− ·−−−− −−−−· −−−−− −····
Numbers to letters:
bj • ai • bjag
Cross sum:
34
Factor product:
289712
Birthday in words:
nineteen • eight • one thousand nine hundred six

Historical Events

How old was Philo Farnsworth back then?

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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: 13 years and 4 months) 🔗
August 18, 1920
The 19th Amendment is ratified, granting women the right to vote across the United States. (Age: 13 years and 11 months) 🔗
March 12, 1921
The Soviet Union adopts the New Economic Policy (NEP), allowing some private enterprise to boost the post-war economy. (Age: 14 years and 6 months) 🔗
February 28, 1922
The United Kingdom unilaterally declares Egypt independent, ending the British protectorate. (Age: 15 years and 6 months) 🔗
October 28, 1922
Benito Mussolini and his Fascist party seize power in Italy following the March on Rome. (Age: 16 years and 2 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: 16 years and 2 months) 🔗
December 30, 1922
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) is officially established. (Age: 16 years and 4 months) 🔗
October 29, 1923
The Republic of Turkey is proclaimed by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, marking the end of the Ottoman Empire. (Age: 17 years and 2 months) 🔗
January 21, 1924
Vladimir Lenin, the leader of the Bolshevik Revolution and first head of the Soviet Union, dies. (Age: 17 years and 5 months) 🔗
January 24, 1924
The first Winter Olympics take place in Chamonix, France, establishing a new tradition in international sport. (Age: 17 years and 5 months) 🔗

Als Erwachsener 20-30 Jahre

May 20, 1927
Charles Lindbergh completes the first solo non-stop transatlantic flight, flying from New York to Paris. (Age: 20 years and 9 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: 21 years and 1 months) 🔗
February 12, 1928
The first long-distance television broadcast is achieved between London and New York by John Logie Baird. (Age: 21 years and 5 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: 22 years and 0 months) 🔗
September 3, 1928
Scottish physician Alexander Fleming discovers penicillin, marking the beginning of the antibiotic age. (Age: 22 years and 0 months) 🔗
October 24, 1929
Black Thursday, the first major crash of the U.S. stock market, heralds the start of the Great Depression. (Age: 23 years and 2 months) 🔗
January 26, 1930
The Salt Satyagraha begins: Mahatma Gandhi begins a 240-mile march to protest the British salt tax in India. (Age: 23 years and 5 months) 🔗
March 13, 1930
The planet Pluto is officially discovered by astronomer Clyde Tombaugh at the Lowell Observatory. (Age: 23 years and 6 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: 25 years and 0 months) 🔗
May 20, 1932
Amelia Earhart begins her solo non-stop transatlantic flight, becoming the first woman to achieve this feat. (Age: 25 years and 9 months) 🔗

Als Erwachsener 30-40 Jahre

May 6, 1937
The German airship Hindenburg catches fire while landing in Lakehurst, New Jersey, ending the era of commercial airship travel. (Age: 30 years and 8 months) 🔗
December 13, 1937
The Nanking Massacre begins, where Japanese troops brutally murder hundreds of thousands of Chinese civilians and disarmed combatants. (Age: 31 years and 3 months) 🔗
March 12, 1938
The Anschluss: Nazi Germany annexes Austria, violating the Treaty of Versailles. (Age: 31 years and 6 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: 32 years and 1 months) 🔗
November 9, 1938
Kristallnacht (Night of Broken Glass) occurs, a coordinated series of violent pogroms against Jews throughout Nazi Germany. (Age: 32 years and 2 months) 🔗
January 5, 1939
The German V-2 rocket program begins under Wernher von Braun, laying the groundwork for later space exploration. (Age: 32 years and 4 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: 33 years and 0 months) 🔗
September 1, 1939
Germany invades Poland, officially starting World War II in Europe. (Age: 33 years and 0 months) 🔗
May 10, 1940
Germany launches its invasion of France, Belgium, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands, initiating the Battle of France. (Age: 33 years and 8 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 11 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 9 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 11 months) 🔗
May 14, 1948
The State of Israel is formally established, leading immediately to the 1948 Arab–Israeli War. (Age: 41 years and 8 months) 🔗
April 4, 1949
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is established as a system of collective defense against Soviet expansion. (Age: 42 years and 7 months) 🔗
October 1, 1949
Mao Zedong proclaims the establishment of the People's Republic of China (PRC), following the Chinese Civil War. (Age: 43 years and 1 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 10 months) 🔗
March 29, 1951
The 22nd Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is ratified, limiting the U.S. President to two terms. (Age: 44 years and 7 months) 🔗
February 6, 1952
Elizabeth II ascends to the throne upon the death of her father, King George VI. (Age: 45 years and 5 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: 46 years and 8 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 9 months) 🔗

Als Erwachsener 50-60 Jahre

October 23, 1956
The Hungarian Revolution begins, a nationwide revolt against the government of the Hungarian People's Republic and Soviet-imposed policies. (Age: 50 years and 2 months) 🔗
October 29, 1956
The Suez Crisis begins when Israel invades the Sinai Peninsula, followed by intervention from the UK and France. (Age: 50 years and 2 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: 51 years and 0 months) 🔗
October 4, 1957
The Soviet Union launches Sputnik 1, the first artificial Earth satellite, initiating the Space Race. (Age: 51 years and 1 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: 51 years and 7 months) 🔗
January 1, 1959
Fidel Castro's forces overthrow the dictatorship of Fulgencio Batista, concluding the Cuban Revolution. (Age: 52 years and 4 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: 52 years and 5 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 11 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: 53 years and 2 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: 53 years and 5 months) 🔗

Als Erwachsener 60-70 Jahre

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: 60 years and 3 months) 🔗
June 5, 1967
The Six-Day War begins, a short but decisive conflict between Israel and neighboring Arab states. (Age: 60 years and 9 months) 🔗
December 3, 1967
Christiaan Barnard performs the world's first successful human-to-human heart transplant in Cape Town, South Africa. (Age: 61 years and 3 months) 🔗
April 4, 1968
Martin Luther King Jr. is assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee, leading to riots in many U.S. cities. (Age: 61 years and 7 months) 🔗
August 20, 1968
Warsaw Pact troops invade Czechoslovakia to halt the liberal reforms of the Prague Spring. (Age: 62 years and 0 months) 🔗
July 3, 1969
Brian Jones, founding member of The Rolling Stones, dies just a month after leaving the band. (Age: 62 years and 10 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 11 months) 🔗
August 15, 1969
The Woodstock Festival begins in Bethel, New York, becoming a defining moment for the counterculture generation. (Age: 62 years and 11 months) 🔗
October 29, 1969
The first message is sent over ARPANET, the precursor to the Internet, between UCLA and Stanford Research Institute. (Age: 63 years and 2 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: 63 years and 7 months) 🔗

Geburtstags-FAQ von Philo Farnsworth

Frequently asked questions

How many birthday candles did Philo Farnsworth blow out so far?

» At 64 years, Philo Farnsworth has already blown out 2080 birthday candles, if you add up all the birthdays.

When will Philo Farnsworth be twice as old as today?

» Philo Farnsworth ist 23.580 days old today. On 01.10.2035 Philo Farnsworth will be twice as old as today. Philo Farnsworth will then be 129 Jahre und 1 Monate years old.

When will Philo Farnsworth be half as old as today?

» On 29.11.1938 Philo Farnsworth was half of age today. Back then Philo Farnsworth were 32 Jahre und 3 Monate years old.

When was Philo Farnsworth 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 (24.11.1905), we get the 24.11.1905. 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, Philo Farnsworth were conceived between 14.11.1905 and 04.12.1905.

How many prime number birthdays has Philo Farnsworth had so far?

» At 64 years old, Philo Farnsworth 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 64 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 19.08.2017. You can find out more on the page with all birthdays.

How old was Philo Farnsworth at the turn of the millennium in 2000?

» Philo Farnsworth was born exactly 34103 days before the turn of the millennium in January 1, 2000. At that time, Philo Farnsworth was 93 years and 4 months old.

Oldest person in the world

Philo Farnsworth is currently 58 years younger (44703 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.

Philo Farnsworth has lived 3600 days longer than he/she was dead.

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