Updated at November 2, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team
Full Name | Peter Cooper Hewitt |
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Birthdate | May 05, 1861 |
Birth Place | New York City, NY |
Age (in 2024) | 163 Years Old |
Zodiac | Taurus |
Occupation | Inventor |
Peter Cooper Hewitt is best known as Inventor who has born on May 05, 1861 in New York City, NY. Currently, Peter Cooper Hewitt is 163 years, 5 months and 28 days old. Peter Cooper Hewitt will celebrate 164th birthday on Monday, 5th of May 2025. Below the countdown to Peter Cooper Hewitt upcoming birthday.
Creator of the first mercury-vapor lamp, a brighter and more durable light source, which was in popular use for decades after. He also developed and tested an early hydrofoil and the mercury arc rectifier, the first rectifier.
Finding that an electric current passed through a container of gas can create light, he joined other scientists of the mid-19th century in attempting to develop it into a practical device.
Finding that his mercury-gas lamps gave off an unpleasing blue light, he decided to find uses for it outside the home; unfortunately for him, a better version appeared just two years after.
He was born in New York City.
Centuries before his invention, scientists like Ami Argand were already working on refining lamps.
Peter Cooper Hewitt is 163 years old today.
Peter Cooper Hewitt was born on May 05, 1861 in New York City, NY.
Peter Cooper Hewitt zodiac sign is Taurus.
Peter Cooper Hewitt was best known as Inventor.
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Below are historical events that coincided with Peter Cooper Hewitt's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.
Year | Event |
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1955 | The General Treaty, by which France, Britain and the United States recognize the sovereignty of West Germany, comes into effect. |
1961 | Project Mercury: Alan Shepard becomes the first American to travel into outer space, on a sub-orbital flight. |
1964 | The Council of Europe declares May 5 as Europe Day. |
1972 | Alitalia Flight 112 crashes into Mount Longa near Palermo, Sicily, killing all 115 aboard, making it the deadliest single-aircraft disaster in Italy. |
1973 | Secretariat wins the 1973 Kentucky Derby in 1:59.mw-parser-output .frac{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .frac .num,.mw-parser-output .frac .den{font-size:80%;line-height:0;vertical-align:super}.mw-parser-output .frac .den{vertical-align:sub}.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px}2â5, an as-yet unbeaten record. |
1980 | Operation Nimrod: The British Special Air Service storms the Iranian embassy in London after a six-day siege. |
1981 | Bobby Sands dies in the Long Kesh prison hospital after 66 days of hunger-striking, aged 27. |
1985 | Ronald Reagan visits the military cemetery at Bitburg and the site of the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, where he makes a speech. |
1987 | Iran-Contra affair: Start of Congressional televised hearings in the United States of America |
1991 | A riot breaks out in the Mt. Pleasant section of Washington, D.C. after police shoot a Salvadoran man. |
1994 | The signing of the Bishkek Protocol between Armenia and Azerbaijan effectively freezes the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. |
1994 | American teenager Michael P. Fay is caned in Singapore for theft and vandalism. |
2006 | The government of Sudan signs an accord with the Sudan Liberation Army. |
2007 | Kenya Airways Flight 507 crashes after takeoff from Douala International Airport in Douala, Cameroon, killing all 114 aboard, making it the deadliest aircraft disaster in Cameroon. |
2010 | Mass protests in Greece erupt in response to austerity measures imposed by the government as a result of the Greek government-debt crisis. |
1985 | The birth of Tsepo Masilela, South African footballer |
1985 | The birth of P. J. Tucker, American basketball player |
1985 | The birth of Terrence Wheatley, American football player |
1987 | The birth of Graham Dorrans, Scottish footballer |
1988 | The birth of Adele, English singer-songwriter |
1988 | The birth of Mervyn Westfield, English cricketer |
1989 | The birth of Chris Brown, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actor |
1991 | The birth of Xenofon Fetsis, Greek footballer |
1991 | The birth of RaĂșl JimĂ©nez, Mexican footballer |
1992 | The birth of LoĂŻck Landre, French footballer |
1996 | The birth of Mayar Sherif, Egyptian tennis player |
1998 | The birth of Aryna Sabalenka, Belarusian tennis player |
1999 | The birth of Nathan Chen, American figure skater |
1999 | The birth of Justin Kluivert, Dutch footballer |
2003 | The birth of Carlos Alcaraz, Spanish tennis player |
2011 | The death of Claude Choules, English-Australian soldier (b. 1901) |
2011 | The death of Yosef Merimovich, Israeli footballer and manager (b. 1924) |
2011 | The death of Dana Wynter, British actress (b. 1931) |
2012 | The death of Surendranath, Indian cricketer (b. 1937) |
2012 | The death of Carl Johan Bernadotte, Count of Wisborg (b. 1916) |
2012 | The death of Aatos Erkko, Finnish journalist and publisher (b. 1932) |
2012 | The death of George Knobel, Dutch footballer, coach, and manager (b. 1922) |
2012 | The death of Roy Padayachie, South African lawyer and politician, South African Minister of Communications (b. 1950) |
2013 | The death of Sarah Kirsch, German poet and author (b. 1935) |
2013 | The death of Robert Ressler, American FBI agent and author (b. 1937) |
2014 | The death of Michael Otedola, Nigerian journalist and politician, 9th Governor of Lagos State (b. 1926) |
2015 | The death of Jobst Brandt, American cyclist, engineer, and author (b. 1935) |
2015 | The death of Hans Jansen, Dutch linguist, academic, and politician (b. 1942) |
2017 | The death of Binyamin Elon, Israeli Orthodox rabbi and politician (b. 1954) |
2017 | The death of Ely Ould Mohamed Vall, Mauritanian politician (b. 1953) |
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