Updated at November 23, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team
Full Name | Lester Allen Pelton |
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Birthdate | September 05, 1829 |
Birth Place | Ohio |
Age (in 2024) | 195 Years Old |
Zodiac | Virgo |
Occupation | Engineer |
Lester Allen Pelton is best known as Engineer who has born on September 05, 1829 in Ohio. Currently, Lester Allen Pelton is 195 years, 2 months and 18 days old. Lester Allen Pelton will celebrate 196th birthday on Friday, 5th of September 2025. Below the countdown to Lester Allen Pelton upcoming birthday.
Remembered best for inventing an efficient hydroelectric turbine known as the Pelton water wheel, this 19th-century scientist was the recipient of the 1895 Elliott Cresson Medal.
Before beginning his work as an inventor, he attempted to become a gold-miner and subsequently worked in the carpentry and millwrighting industries.
In 2006, he became a posthumous inductee into the National Inventors Hall of Fame.
He was born in Vermilion, Ohio, to pioneers Allen Pelton and Fanny Cuddeback. He relocated to California in the early 1850s.
He and Jean-Victor Poncelet were both inventors of water wheel models.
Lester Allen Pelton is 195 years old today.
Lester Allen Pelton was born on September 05, 1829 in Ohio.
Lester Allen Pelton zodiac sign is Virgo.
Lester Allen Pelton was best known as Engineer.
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Below are historical events that coincided with Lester Allen Pelton's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.
Year | Event |
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1975 | Sacramento, California: Lynette Fromme attempts to assassinate U.S. President Gerald Ford. |
1977 | Voyager Program: NASA launches the Voyager 1 spacecraft. |
1978 | Camp David Accords: Menachem Begin and Anwar Sadat begin peace discussions at Camp David, Maryland. |
1980 | The Gotthard Road Tunnel opens in Switzerland as the world's longest highway tunnel at 10.14 miles (16.32 km) stretching from Göschenen to Airolo. |
1981 | The first women arrive at what becomes Greenham Common Women's Peace Camp in the UK. |
1984 | STS-41-D: The Space Shuttle Discovery lands after its maiden voyage. |
1984 | Western Australia becomes the last Australian state to abolish capital punishment. |
1986 | Pan Am Flight 73 from Mumbai, India with 358 people on board is hijacked at Karachi International Airport. |
1990 | Sri Lankan Civil War: Sri Lankan Army soldiers slaughter 158 civilians. |
1991 | The current international treaty defending indigenous peoples, Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989, comes into force. |
1996 | Hurricane Fran makes landfall near Cape Fear, North Carolina as a Category 3 storm with 115 mph sustained winds. Fran caused over $3 billion in damage and killed 27 people. |
2012 | An accidental explosion at a Turkish Army ammunition store in Afyon, western Turkey kills 25 soldiers and wounds four others. |
2021 | The President of Guinea, Alpha Condé is captured by armed forces during a coup d'état. |
2022 | Liz Truss is declared the winner of the UK Conservative Party leadership election, beating Rishi Sunak |
2022 | At least 93 people die and 25 are missing after a magnitude 6.8 earthquake strikes Sichuan, China. |
1990 | The birth of Antonio Esposito, Italian footballer |
1990 | The birth of Francesca Segarelli, Dominican tennis player |
1990 | The birth of Lance Stephenson, American basketball player |
1990 | The birth of Yuna Kim, South Korean figure skater |
1990 | The birth of Franco Zuculini, Argentinian footballer |
1991 | The birth of Zeki Yavru, Turkish footballer |
1993 | The birth of T. J. Warren, American basketball player |
1994 | The birth of Gregorio Paltrinieri, Italian swimmer |
1995 | The birth of Szabina Szlavikovics, Hungarian tennis player |
1996 | The birth of Richairo Zivkovic, Dutch footballer |
1996 | The birth of Sigrid, Norwegian singer |
1997 | The birth of Kyōko Saitō, Japanese idol |
1998 | The birth of Caroline Dolehide, American tennis player |
1998 | The birth of Davion Mitchell, American basketball player |
2001 | The birth of Bukayo Saka, English footballer |
2012 | The death of John Oaksey, English jockey and journalist (b. 1929) |
2013 | The death of Edwin Bideau, American lawyer and politician (b. 1950) |
2013 | The death of Geoffrey Goodman, English pilot, journalist, and author (b. 1922) |
2013 | The death of Isamu Jordan, American journalist and academic (b. 1975) |
2014 | The death of Bruce Morton, American journalist (b. 1930) |
2014 | The death of Mara Neusel, German mathematician, author, and academic (b. 1964) |
2015 | The death of Goh Eng Wah, Malaysian-Singaporean businessman, founded Eng Wah Global (b. 1923) |
2015 | The death of Aadesh Shrivastava, Indian singer-songwriter (b. 1964) |
2015 | The death of Chester Stranczek, American baseball player and businessman (b. 1929) |
2016 | The death of Hugh O'Brian, American actor (b. 1925) |
2016 | The death of Phyllis Schlafly, American lawyer, writer, and political activist (b. 1924) |
2018 | The death of Bhagwatikumar Sharma, Indian Gujarati writer and journalist (b. 1934) |
2018 | The death of Beatriz Segall, Brazilian actress (b. 1926) |
2019 | The death of Francisco Toledo, Mexican painter, sculptor, and graphic artist (b. 1940) |
2021 | The death of Sarah Harding, English singer, member of Girls Aloud (b. 1981) |
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