May 23, 1948

May 23, 1948, was a Sunday. It was 75 years, 10 months, and 27 days ago. The zodiac star sign for this date is Gemini.

Facts

This date occurred 27,725 days ago. Approximately 924 months have passed. It was the 144th day of 1948, in week 21. The decade was the 1940s. People who were born on May 23, 1948, are now 75 years old and belong to the Baby Boomer generation. 1948 was a leap year, which means that it had an extra day in February. 308 seasons of weather have come and gone since then.

News, nostalgia, and fads

These are news stories, trending topics, and fads that were popular on May 23, 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 May 23, 1948.

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What happened around this time?

News stories, pop culture trends, and other events that happened around May 23, 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 May 23, 1948, will have the star sign Gemini.
Zodiac Element: Air.
Chinese Zodiac Animal: In the Chinese Zodiac, 1948 was the year of the Rat (Yang Wood).
The Life Path Number for this date is 5.
Native American Zodiac: May 23, 1948 falls under the Deer.
Birthstone: A person during the month of May will have the birthstone Emerald.
Birth flower (May): The Lily of the Valley and the Hawthorn.

Cartoons and children's TV shows in May 1948

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

Tom and Jerry

Looney Tunes

Toys in 1948

If you were a child on this date, then you may have had some of the following toys:

Tonka trucks

Dimestore soldiers

Were you born on May 23, 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 May 23, 1954, instead.

Celebrity birthdays

Celebrities, historical figures, and other notable people who were born on May 23.

John Bardeen

American physicist Deceased
Born on May 23, 1908
He turned 40 on this day in 1948.

Bill Barr

US Attorney General
Born on May 23, 1950
He was born exactly 2 years after this date.

Drew Carey

Actor
Born on May 23, 1958
He was born exactly 10 years after this date.

Melissa McBride

Actress
Born on May 23, 1965
She was born exactly 17 years after this date.

Bray Wyatt

Wrestler Deceased
Born on May 23, 1987
He was born exactly 39 years after this date.

Aaron Donald

NFL player
Born on May 23, 1991
He was born exactly 43 years after this date.

James Charles

Internet personality
Born on May 23, 1999
He was born exactly 51 years after this date.

US President

Harry S. Truman was the President of the United States on May 23, 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 May 23, 1948 was most likely conceived around August 31, 1947.
The due date for a baby that was conceived on May 23, 1948 is close to February 13, 1949.

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Statistics

Here are some interesting statistics about May 23, 1948:

27,725 days have passed since this date.
3,960 weeks have passed.
2,395,440,000 seconds have passed since May 23, 1948.
If you were born on this day, your heart has beat approximately 2,794,680,000 times.
Since then, the Earth has traveled approximately 1,236,047,040,000 miles through space.
If you were born on this day, your eyes have blinked approximately 399,240,000 times.
You have taken approximately 206,007,840 steps. That's roughly 91,559 miles.
28,745,280 meteors have entered the Earth's atmosphere.
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