April 16, 1948

April 16, 1948, was a Friday. It was 76 years and 8 days ago. The zodiac star sign for this date is Aries.

Facts

This date was 27,768 days ago. Approximately 926 months have passed. It was the 107th day of 1948, in week 16. The decade was the 1940s. People born on this day are currently 76 years old and belong to the Baby Boomer generation. 1948 had 366 days because it was a leap year. We have gone through approximately 309 seasons of weather since this date.

News, nostalgia, and fads

These are news stories, trending topics, and fads that were popular on April 16, 1948.

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
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 April 16, 1948.

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What happened around this time?

Notable events that happened close to April 16, 1948.

May 15, 1948: The Arab-Israeli War begins.

Zodiac

Zodiac, birthstone, and birth flower information.

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Zodiac Sign (Astrology): Anyone born on April 16, 1948, will have the star sign Aries.
Zodiac Element: Fire.
Chinese Zodiac Animal: In the Chinese Zodiac, 1948 was the year of the Rat (Yang Wood).
The Life Path Number for this date is 33.
Native American Zodiac: April 16, 1948 falls under the Falcon.
Birthstone: A person during the month of April will have the birthstone Diamond.
Birth flower (April): The Daisy and the Sweet Pea.

Kids TV shows on April 16, 1948

Cartoons and TV shows that children and teenagers were watching on this day in 1948:

Tom and Jerry

Looney Tunes

Popular toys and games in 1948

Toys and games that were popular in 1948:

Tonka trucks

Dimestore soldiers

Were you born on April 16, 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 April 16, 1954, instead.

Celebrity birthdays

Celebrities, historical figures, and other notable people who were born on April 16.

Charlie Chaplin

Actor Deceased
Born on April 16, 1889
He turned 59 on this day in 1948.

Pope Benedict XVI

Pope Deceased
Born on April 16, 1927
He turned 21 on this day in 1948.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Basketball player
Born on April 16, 1947
He turned 1 on this day in 1948.

Jon Cryer

Actor
Born on April 16, 1965
He was born exactly 17 years after this date.

Martin Lawrence

Actor
Born on April 16, 1965
He was born exactly 17 years after this date.

Selena

Latin singer Deceased
Born on April 16, 1971
She was born exactly 23 years after this date.

Akon

Rapper
Born on April 16, 1973
He was born exactly 25 years after this date.

Chance the Rapper

Rap star
Born on April 16, 1993
He was born exactly 45 years after this date.

Anya Taylor-Joy

Actress
Born on April 16, 1996
She was born exactly 48 years after this date.

Sadie Sink

Actress
Born on April 16, 2002
She was born exactly 54 years after this date.

US President

Harry S. Truman was the President of the United States on April 16, 1948.

UK Prime Minister

Clement Attlee was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.

Irish Taoiseach

John A. Costello was the Taoiseach of Ireland.

Conception dates

Conception estimates for this date.

Note: These conception dates are based on broad estimates.

A baby that was born on April 16, 1948 was most likely conceived around July 25, 1947.
The due date for a baby that was conceived on April 16, 1948 is close to January 7, 1949.

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Statistics

Here are some interesting statistics about April 16, 1948:

27,768 days have passed since this date.
3,966 weeks have passed.
2,399,151,600 seconds have passed since April 16, 1948.
If you were born on this day, your heart has beat approximately 2,799,010,200 times.
Since then, the Earth has traveled approximately 1,237,962,225,600 miles through space.
If you were born on this day, your eyes have blinked approximately 399,858,600 times.
You have taken approximately 206,327,038 steps. That's roughly 91,701 miles.
28,789,819 meteors have entered the Earth's atmosphere.
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