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January 1, 1948

January 1, 1948, was a Thursday. It was the 1st day of 1948. The decade was the 1940s.

76 years, 2 months, and 27 days have passed since January 1, 1948.

The zodiac star sign for this date is Capricorn.

Facts

This date occurred 27,846 days ago. Approximately 928 months have passed. It was the 1st day of 1948, in week 01. The decade was the 1940s. People who were born on January 1, 1948, are now 76 years old and belong to the Baby Boomer generation. 1948 was a leap year, which means that it had an extra day in February. The Earth has experienced 309 seasons of weather since then.

News

News, nostalgia, and fads

These are news stories, trending topics, and fads that were popular on January 1, 1948.

  • More and more people are buying television sets.

    More and more people are buying television sets

    More and more households were buying TV sets. In 1950, 20% of homes had a television. By the end of the decade, that figure had risen to 90%.
  • Polio cases are high.

    Polio cases are high

    Cases of Polio were particularly high, and outbreaks were common. In the United States, the disease peaked in 1952, with nearly 60,000 cases and 3,145 deaths. It wasn't until 1955 that a national immunization program started and cases began to drop.

Personality traits

Check out our personality summary for people who were born on January 1, 1948.

What are your strengths and weaknesses?

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Events

What happened around this time?

News stories, pop culture trends, and other events that happened around January 1, 1948.

Zodiac info

Zodiac

Zodiac, birthstone, and birth flower information.

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  • Zodiac Sign (Astrology): Anyone born on January 1, 1948, will have the star sign Capricorn.
  • Zodiac Element: Earth.
  • Chinese Zodiac Animal: In the Chinese Zodiac, 1948 was the year of the Rat (Yang Wood).
  • The Life Path Number for this date is 6.
  • Native American Zodiac: January 1, 1948 falls under the Goose.
  • Birthstone: A person during the month of January will have the birthstone Garnet.
  • Birth flower (January): The Carnation and the Snowdrop.
Children TV shows

Cartoons and children's TV shows in January 1948

Children and teenagers were watching the following cartoons and TV series:

Tom and Jerry
Tom and Jerry
Looney Tunes
Looney Tunes
Toys

Toys in 1948

Children were playing with the following toys and games:

Tonka trucks
Tonka trucks
Dimestore soldiers
Dimestore soldiers

Were you born on January 1, 1948?

If you were born on this date, then it is unlikely that you will remember anything from the year 1948.

This is because humans find it difficult to retrieve memories of their early childhood.

If you are looking for some childhood nostalgia, then you should check out January 1, 1954, instead.

Celebrity birthdays

Celebrity birthdays

Celebrities, historical figures, and other notable people who were born on January 1.

J. Edgar Hoover

J. Edgar Hoover

The first Director of the FBI Deceased
Born on January 1, 1895
He turned 53 on this day in 1948.

Grandmaster Flash

Grandmaster Flash

Hip Hop DJ
Born on January 1, 1958
He was born exactly 10 years after this date.

Verne Troyer

Verne Troyer

Actor Deceased
Born on January 1, 1969
He was born exactly 21 years after this date.

Ice Spice

Ice Spice

Rapper
Born on January 1, 2000
She was born exactly 52 years after this date.

Holidays

Holidays

National holidays and famous events that fall on January 1:

  • New Year's Day
USA

US President

Harry S. Truman was the President of the United States on January 1, 1948.

UK

UK Prime Minister

Clement Attlee was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.

Ireland

Irish Taoiseach

Éamon de Valera was the Taoiseach of Ireland.

Conception

Conception dates

Conception estimates for this date.

  • A baby that was born on January 1, 1948 was most likely conceived around April 10, 1947.
  • The due date for a baby that was conceived on January 1, 1948 is close to September 23, 1948.

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Stats for January 1, 1948

Statistics

Here are some interesting statistics about January 1, 1948:

  • 27,846 days have passed since this date.
  • 3,978 weeks have passed.
  • 2,405,894,400 seconds have passed since January 1, 1948.
  • If you were born on this day, your heart has beat approximately 2,806,876,800 times.
  • Since then, the Earth has traveled approximately 1,241,441,510,400 miles through space.
  • If you were born on this day, your eyes have blinked approximately 400,982,400 times.
  • You have taken approximately 206,906,918 steps. That's roughly 91,959 miles!
  • Since this date, 28,870,733 meteors have entered the Earth's atmosphere!
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