Updated at December 12, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team
Full Name | Peter Diamandis |
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Birthdate | May 20, 1961 |
Birth Place | New York |
Age (in 2024) | 63 Years Old |
Zodiac | Taurus |
Occupation | Entrepreneur |
Peter Diamandis is best known as Entrepreneur who has born on May 20, 1961 in New York. Currently, Peter Diamandis is 63 years, 6 months and 23 days old. Peter Diamandis will celebrate 64th birthday on Tuesday, 20th of May 2025. Below the countdown to Peter Diamandis upcoming birthday.
Known for establishing and heading such organizations as the X PRIZE Foundation, Space Adventures Ltd., Human Longevity, Inc., and Students for the Exploration and Development of Space, this entrepreneur, doctor, and engineer also wrote a bestselling motivational book titled Abundance: The Future Is Better Than You Think.
After earning a Bachelor of Science degree in aeronautical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, he entered Harvard Medical School. During his time as a medical student, he worked at NASA's Johnson Space Center and headed both the International Space University and a micro-satellite company called International Micro Space.
He co-founded the Zero Gravity Corporation, a space weightlessness simulation company that once offered its services to the renowned physicist Stephen Hawking.
He grew up in New York City as the son of Greek-born medical professionals.
After reading renowned pilot Charles Lindbergh's work The Spirit of St. Louis, Diamandis was inspired to start the X PRIZE Foundation, an organization that sought to motivate technological innovation, particularly in the area of private passenger space travel.
Peter Diamandis is 63 years old today.
Peter Diamandis was born on May 20, 1961 in New York.
Peter Diamandis zodiac sign is Taurus.
Peter Diamandis was best known as Entrepreneur.
Here's quick list of some fun facts about Peter Diamandis's birthday you must know including detailed age calculation, western astrology, roman numeral, birthstone and birth flower.
Below are historical events that coincided with Peter Diamandis's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.
Year | Event |
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1971 | In the Chuknagar massacre, Pakistani forces massacre thousands, mostly Bengali Hindus. |
1980 | In a referendum in Quebec, the population rejects, by 60% of the vote, a government proposal to move towards independence from Canada. |
1983 | First publications of the discovery of the HIV virus that causes AIDS in the journal Science by a team of French scientists including Françoise Barré-Sinoussi, Jean-Claude Chermann, and Luc Montagnier. |
1983 | Church Street bombing: A car bomb planted by Umkhonto we Sizwe explodes on Church Street in South Africa's capital, Pretoria, killing 19 people and injuring 217 others. |
1985 | Radio Martí, part of the Voice of America service, begins broadcasting to Cuba. |
1989 | The Chinese authorities declare martial law in the face of pro-democracy demonstrations, setting the scene for the Tiananmen Square massacre. |
1990 | The first post-Communist presidential and parliamentary elections are held in Romania. |
1996 | Civil rights: The Supreme Court of the United States rules in Romer v. Evans against a law that would have prevented any city, town or county in the state of Colorado from taking any legislative, executive, or judicial action to protect the rights of gays and lesbians. |
2002 | The independence of East Timor is recognized by Portugal, formally ending 23 years of Indonesian rule and three years of provisional UN administration (Portugal itself is the former colonizer of East Timor until 1976). |
2011 | Mamata Banerjee is sworn in as the Chief Minister of West Bengal, the first woman to hold this post. |
2012 | At least 27 people are killed and 50 others injured when a 6.0-magnitude earthquake strikes northern Italy. |
2013 | An EF5 tornado strikes the Oklahoma City suburb of Moore, killing 24 people and injuring 377 others. |
2016 | The government of Singapore authorised the controversial execution of convicted murderer Kho Jabing for the murder of a Chinese construction worker despite the international pleas for clemency, notably from Amnesty International and the United Nations. |
2019 | The International System of Units (SI): The base units are redefined, making the international prototype of the kilogram obsolete. |
2022 | Russo-Ukrainian War: Russia claims full control of the Ukrainian city of Mariupol after a nearly three-month siege. |
1986 | The birth of Stéphane Mbia, Cameroonian footballer |
1986 | The birth of Jiřina Svobodová, Czech pole vaulter |
1987 | The birth of Mike Havenaar, Japanese footballer |
1987 | The birth of Julian Wright, American basketball player |
1988 | The birth of Joel Moon, Australian rugby league player |
1989 | The birth of Siosia Vave, Australian-Tongan rugby league player |
1991 | The birth of Bastian Baker, Swiss singer, songwriter, and performer |
1991 | The birth of Emre Colak, Turkish footballer |
1992 | The birth of Cate Campbell, Malawian-Australian swimmer |
1992 | The birth of Jack Gleeson, Irish actor |
1992 | The birth of Enes Kanter, Turkish basketball player |
1993 | The birth of Caroline Zhang, American figure skater |
1996 | The birth of Brian Kelly, Australian rugby league player |
1998 | The birth of Jamie Chadwick, English race car driver |
1998 | The birth of Nam Nguyen, Canadian figure skater |
2013 | The death of Ray Manzarek, American singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer (b. 1939) |
2013 | The death of Denys Roberts, English judge and politician (b. 1923) |
2013 | The death of Zach Sobiech, American singer-songwriter (b. 1995) |
2014 | The death of Sandra Bem, American psychologist and academic (b. 1944) |
2014 | The death of Ross Brown, New Zealand rugby player (b. 1934) |
2014 | The death of Robyn Denny, English-French painter (b. 1930) |
2014 | The death of Arthur Gelb, American journalist, author, and critic (b. 1924) |
2014 | The death of Prince Rupert Loewenstein, Spanish-English businessman (b. 1933) |
2014 | The death of Barbara Murray, English actress (b. 1929) |
2015 | The death of Bob Belden, American saxophonist, composer, and producer (b. 1956) |
2015 | The death of Femi Robinson, Nigerian actor and playwright (b. 1940) |
2016 | The death of Kho Jabing, Malaysian convicted murderer who was executed by hanging in Singapore (b. 1984) |
2019 | The death of Niki Lauda, Austrian race car driver (b. 1949) |
2022 | The death of Roger Angell, American sportswriter and author (b. 1920) |
2022 | The death of Susan Roces, Filipino actress (b. 1941) |
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