September 13, 1948

September 13, 1948, was a Monday. It was 75 years, 7 months, and 13 days ago. The zodiac star sign for this date is Virgo.

Facts

This date occurred 27,619 days ago. Approximately 921 months have passed. It was the 257th day of 1948, in week 38. The decade was the 1940s. People who were born on September 13, 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. We have gone through approximately 307 seasons of weather since this date.

News, nostalgia, and fads

These are news stories, trending topics, and fads that were popular on September 13, 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 September 13, 1948.

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What happened around this time?

News stories, pop culture trends, and other events that happened around September 13, 1948.

August 16, 1948: Baseball legend Babe Ruth dies from cancer at the age of 53.

Zodiac

Zodiac, birthstone, and birth flower information.

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Zodiac Sign (Astrology): Anyone born on September 13, 1948, will have the star sign Virgo.
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 8.
Native American Zodiac: September 13, 1948 falls under the Bear.
Birthstone: A person during the month of September will have the birthstone Sapphire.
Birth flower (September): The Aster and the Morning Glory.

TV series on September 13, 1948

TV audiences were watching the following shows on September 13, 1948:

The Ed Sullivan Show

Cartoons and children's TV shows in September 1948

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

Tom and Jerry

Looney Tunes

Toys in 1948

Children were playing with the following toys and games:

Tonka trucks

Dimestore soldiers

Were you born on September 13, 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 September 13, 1954, instead.

Celebrity birthdays

Celebrities, historical figures, and other notable people who were born on September 13.

Roald Dahl

Author Deceased
Born on September 13, 1916
He turned 32 on this day in 1948.

Chris Hansen

TV journalist
Born on September 13, 1959
He was born exactly 11 years after this date.

Rex Heuermann

Suspected serial killer
Born on September 13, 1963
He was born exactly 15 years after this date.

Ben Savage

Actor
Born on September 13, 1980
He was born exactly 32 years after this date.

James Bourne

Busted
Born on September 13, 1983
He was born exactly 35 years after this date.

KondZilla

Brazilian Youtube personality
Born on September 13, 1988
He was born exactly 40 years after this date.

Niall Horan

Singer
Born on September 13, 1993
He was born exactly 45 years after this date.

Playboi Carti

Rapper
Born on September 13, 1996
He was born exactly 48 years after this date.

US President

Harry S. Truman was the President of the United States on September 13, 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 September 13, 1948 was most likely conceived around December 22, 1947.
The due date for a baby that was conceived on September 13, 1948 is close to June 6, 1949.

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Statistics

Here are some interesting statistics about September 13, 1948:

27,619 days have passed since this date.
3,945 weeks have passed.
2,386,281,600 seconds have passed since September 13, 1948.
If you were born on this day, your heart has beat approximately 2,783,995,200 times.
Since then, the Earth has traveled approximately 1,231,321,305,600 miles through space.
If you were born on this day, your eyes have blinked approximately 397,713,600 times.
You have taken approximately 205,220,218 steps. That's roughly 91,209 miles.
28,635,379 meteors have entered the Earth's atmosphere.
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