Willis Carrier
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Willis Carrier

American inventor (1876–1950)

Willis Haviland Carrier was an American engineer, best known for inventing modern air conditioning, inventing the first electrical air conditioning unit in 1902. In 1915, he founded Carrier Corporation, a company specializing in the manufacture and distribution of heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems.

Willis Carrier was born on Sunday, 26. November 1876.
That was day 331 of the year 1876.

Past away on Sonntag October 29, 1950

Age when dead:
73 Jahre 11 Monate 2 Tage

Next birthday would be:
Sunday November 26, 1950

Willis Carrier is already dead since:
75 Jahre 0 Monate 24 Tage

Willis Carrier was alive for 26998 days.
Willis Carrier is already dead for 27418 days.
Difference: 420 days (1,15 years).

Willis Carrier has the same birthday like
Heinrich Brüning, Tina Turner and Roman Šebrle

The death date of Willis Carrier is the birthday of
Franz von Papen, Winona Ryder and Dieter Nuhr

Who has the same birthday as Willis Carrier?

November 26 is also the birthday of:


Same vintage - 1876


Did you know? Willis Carrier is ...

Astrology

Zodiac

♐ Sagittarius

(November 23, 1876 - December 21, 1876)

Life Number

5

(Adventurous, avoids responsibility, sometimes unreliable)

Zodiac sign

Rat

(November 23, 1876 - December 21, 1876)

Birthstone

Citrine

(Abundance, warmth, clarity)

Age in absolute numbers

2.332.713.208 Seconds
38.878.553 Minutes
647.975 Hours
26.998 Days
3.856 Weeks
1788 Months
73 Years
7.39 Decades
0.74 Centuries

On June 28, 2027 would be Willis Carrier exactly 55000 days old.
On March 24, 2030 would be Willis Carrier exactly 8000 weeks old.

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

Milestones

With 73 years alive you reached these milestones:

Sleeping

8.999 days

A human spends about one third of their life sleeping. That’s an average of around 8.999 hours per day. At your age of 74 years, that equals approximately 8.999 days (24,64 years).

Eat & Drink

1.125 days

The average person spends about 1 hour a day eating and drinking. At 74 years, you have therefore spent approximately 1.125 days eating. (3,08 years).

Toilet visits

562 days

The average person spends about 30 minutes on the toilet every day. That's a total of 562 days (1,54 years).

Wait

937 days

The average person spends about 30 minutes on the toilet every day. That's a total of 937 days (2,57 years).

Laugh

112 days

We laugh for about six minutes a day. That's actually far too less. That's a total of 112 days (0,31 years).

Brush teeth

75 days

We laugh for about six minutes a day. That's actually far too less. That's a total of 75 days (0,21 years).

Work

7.312 days

We laugh for about six minutes a day. That's actually far too less. That's a total of 7.312 days (20,02 years).




Name Zahl Beschreibung
Breaths 699.813.962 Approximately 18 Breaths per minute
Heartbeats 2.915.891.510 Approximately 50-100 heartbeats per minute, depending on your lifestyle. We'll take the average at 75.
Blink 583.178.302 A human blinks roughly 15 times per minute.
Cough 404.985 A human has an average of 15 coughs per day.
Colds 148 A person gets about 2 colds per year.
Sweat produced 4.050 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) 26.999 A person farts approximately 12 times a day, producing almost 0.8 liters of gas.
Flies swatted 517 We swat 7 flies per year.
Mosquitoes killed 1.331 We kill approximately 18 mosquitoes per year.
Red blood cells formed 539.979.909.259.259 A person produces approximately 20 billion red blood cells per day.
Hair grown (in mm) 8.910 Our hair grows approximately 0.33mm per day.
Fingernails grown (in mm) 3.086 Fingernails grow approximately 0.8mm per week.
Cookies eaten 32.129 We eat approximately 35,000 cookies in our lifetime.
Bouts of vomiting 296 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 97.196 kilometers in your life...


... that corresponds to 2,43 orbits of the Earth...


... 8,90 moon orbits.


... and 4,55 Mars orbit on foot.



97.196 kilometers means:

3.696 years with a snail 🐌 (at 3m/h).
723 days on a donkey 🫏 (at 5,6km/h).
506 days on a Skateboard 🛹 (at 8km/h).
135 days travel with a subway train 🚇 (at 30km/h).
5 days on a plane ✈️ (at 800km/h)
3,47 hours on a Spaceshuttle 🚀 (at 28.000km/h)
95,85 minutes with spaceship Voyager 1 🚀 (at 60840km/h)
8,45 minutes with Parker Space Probe - the fastest object made by humans 🚀 (at 690000km/h)

and

3,28 days sonic speed (at 1234,8 km/h)
0,32 seconds light speed (at 1,08 Mrd km/h)

Astronomy

During the lifetime of Willis Carrier ...

... the Moon has orbited Earth 988 times.
... Mercury has orbited Sun 306,90 times.
... Venus has orbited Sun 120,15 times.
... Earth has orbited Sun 73,92 times.
... Mars has orbited Sun 39,30 times.
... Jupiter has orbited Sun 6,24 times.
... Saturn has orbited Sun 2,51 times.
... Uranus has orbited Sun 0,88 times.
... Neptune has orbited Sun 0,45 times.
... Pluto has orbited Sun 0,30 times.

My special birthdays

Der nächste runde Geburtstag von Willis Carrier wäre der 150. Geburtstag. Er findet am Thursday, den 26.11.2026 statt.

Birthday Year Weekday Date Candles blown
10. 1886 Friday November 26, 1886 55
18. 1894 Monday November 26, 1894 171
20. 1896 Thursday November 26, 1896 210
25. 1901 Tuesday November 26, 1901 325
30. 1906 Monday November 26, 1906 465
40. 1916 Sunday November 26, 1916 820
50. 1926 Friday November 26, 1926 1275
60. 1936 Thursday November 26, 1936 1830
70. 1946 Tuesday November 26, 1946 2485
80. 1956 Monday November 26, 1956 3240
90. 1966 Saturday November 26, 1966 4095
100. 1976 Friday November 26, 1976 5050
110. 1986 Wednesday November 26, 1986 6105
120. 1996 Tuesday November 26, 1996 7260
130. 2006 Sunday November 26, 2006 8515
140. 2016 Saturday November 26, 2016 9870
150. 2026 Thursday November 26, 2026 11325
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Birthday in numbers

Decimal:
26 • 11 • 1876
Binary:
11010 • 1011 • 11101010100
Hexadecimal:
1a • b • 754
Octal:
32 • 13 • 3524
Roman:
XXVI • XI • MDCCCLXXVI
Morsecode:
··−−− −···· ·−·−·− ·−−−− ·−−−− ·−·−·− ·−−−− −−−·· −−··· −····
Numbers to letters:
cg • bb • bihg
Cross sum:
32
Factor product:
536536
Birthday in words:
twenty six • eleven • one thousand eight hundred seventy six

Historical Events

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Als Erwachsener 40-50 Jahre

January 16, 1920
Prohibition begins in the United States with the 18th Amendment, banning the manufacture, sale, and transport of alcoholic beverages. (Age: 43 years and 1 months) 🔗
August 18, 1920
The 19th Amendment is ratified, granting women the right to vote across the United States. (Age: 43 years and 8 months) 🔗
March 12, 1921
The Soviet Union adopts the New Economic Policy (NEP), allowing some private enterprise to boost the post-war economy. (Age: 44 years and 3 months) 🔗
February 28, 1922
The United Kingdom unilaterally declares Egypt independent, ending the British protectorate. (Age: 45 years and 3 months) 🔗
October 28, 1922
Benito Mussolini and his Fascist party seize power in Italy following the March on Rome. (Age: 45 years and 11 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: 45 years and 11 months) 🔗
December 30, 1922
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) is officially established. (Age: 46 years and 1 months) 🔗
October 29, 1923
The Republic of Turkey is proclaimed by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, marking the end of the Ottoman Empire. (Age: 46 years and 11 months) 🔗
January 21, 1924
Vladimir Lenin, the leader of the Bolshevik Revolution and first head of the Soviet Union, dies. (Age: 47 years and 1 months) 🔗
January 24, 1924
The first Winter Olympics take place in Chamonix, France, establishing a new tradition in international sport. (Age: 47 years and 1 months) 🔗

Als Erwachsener 50-60 Jahre

May 20, 1927
Charles Lindbergh completes the first solo non-stop transatlantic flight, flying from New York to Paris. (Age: 50 years and 5 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: 50 years and 10 months) 🔗
February 12, 1928
The first long-distance television broadcast is achieved between London and New York by John Logie Baird. (Age: 51 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: 51 years and 9 months) 🔗
September 3, 1928
Scottish physician Alexander Fleming discovers penicillin, marking the beginning of the antibiotic age. (Age: 51 years and 9 months) 🔗
October 24, 1929
Black Thursday, the first major crash of the U.S. stock market, heralds the start of the Great Depression. (Age: 52 years and 10 months) 🔗
January 26, 1930
The Salt Satyagraha begins: Mahatma Gandhi begins a 240-mile march to protest the British salt tax in India. (Age: 53 years and 1 months) 🔗
March 13, 1930
The planet Pluto is officially discovered by astronomer Clyde Tombaugh at the Lowell Observatory. (Age: 53 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: 54 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: 55 years and 5 months) 🔗

Als Erwachsener 60-70 Jahre

May 6, 1937
The German airship Hindenburg catches fire while landing in Lakehurst, New Jersey, ending the era of commercial airship travel. (Age: 60 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: 61 years and 0 months) 🔗
March 12, 1938
The Anschluss: Nazi Germany annexes Austria, violating the Treaty of Versailles. (Age: 61 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: 61 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: 61 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: 62 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: 62 years and 8 months) 🔗
September 1, 1939
Germany invades Poland, officially starting World War II in Europe. (Age: 62 years and 9 months) 🔗
May 10, 1940
Germany launches its invasion of France, Belgium, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands, initiating the Battle of France. (Age: 63 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: 63 years and 8 months) 🔗

Als Erwachsener 70-80 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: 70 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: 70 years and 8 months) 🔗
May 14, 1948
The State of Israel is formally established, leading immediately to the 1948 Arab–Israeli War. (Age: 71 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: 72 years and 4 months) 🔗
October 1, 1949
Mao Zedong proclaims the establishment of the People's Republic of China (PRC), following the Chinese Civil War. (Age: 72 years and 10 months) 🔗
June 25, 1950
North Korea invades South Korea, starting the Korean War, a major conflict of the Cold War era. (Age: 73 years and 6 months) 🔗

Geburtstags-FAQ von Willis Carrier

How many birthday candles did Willis Carrier blow out so far?

» At 73 years, Willis Carrier has already blown out 2701 birthday candles, if you add up all the birthdays.

When will Willis Carrier be twice as old as today?

» Willis Carrier ist 26.998 days old today. On 27.09.2024 Willis Carrier will be twice as old as today. Willis Carrier will then be 147 Jahre und 10 Monate years old.

When will Willis Carrier be half as old as today?

» On 12.11.1913 Willis Carrier was half of age today. Back then Willis Carrier were 36 Jahre und 11 Monate years old.

When was Willis Carrier 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 (03.03.1876), we get the 03.03.1876. 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, Willis Carrier were conceived between 22.02.1876 and 13.03.1876.

How many prime number birthdays has Willis Carrier had so far?

» At 73 years old, Willis Carrier has already celebrated 21 prime number birthdays (2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23, 29, 31, 37, 41, 43, 47, 53, 59, 61, 67, 71, 73).

How many special birthdays have I had so far?

» At 73 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 26.11.1987. You can find out more on the page with all birthdays.

How old was Willis Carrier at the turn of the millennium in 2000?

» Willis Carrier was born exactly 44959 days before the turn of the millennium in January 1, 2000. At that time, Willis Carrier was 123 years and 1 months old.

Oldest person in the world

Willis Carrier is currently 49 years younger (44721 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.

Willis Carrier is today already 420 days longer dead than he/she was alive.

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