December 9, 1949

December 9, 1949, was a Friday. It was 74 years, 4 months, and 10 days ago. The zodiac star sign for this date is Sagittarius.

Facts

This date occurred 27,161 days ago. Approximately 905 months have passed. It was the 343rd day of 1949, in week 49. The decade was the 1940s. There were only 22 days left in the year. People who were born on December 9, 1949, are now 74 years old and belong to the Baby Boomer generation. The Earth has experienced 302 seasons of weather since then.

News, nostalgia, and fads

These are news stories, trending topics, and fads that were popular on December 9, 1949.

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 December 9, 1949.

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What happened around this time?

News stories, pop culture trends, and other events that happened around December 9, 1949.

January 7, 1950: 41 patients die after a fire breaks out at Mercy Hospital in Davenport, Iowa.

Zodiac

Zodiac, birthstone, and birth flower information.

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Zodiac Sign (Astrology): Anyone born on December 9, 1949, will have the star sign Sagittarius.
Zodiac Element: Fire.
Chinese Zodiac Animal: In the Chinese Zodiac, 1949 was the year of the Ox (Yin Wood).
The Life Path Number for this date is 8.
Native American Zodiac: December 9, 1949 falls under the Owl.
Birthstone: A person during the month of December will have the birthstones Tanzanite, Zircon and Turquoise.
Birth flower (December): The Narcissus and the Holly.

Television shows in December 1949

The following TV shows were popular in December 1949:

The Lone Ranger

Suspense

The Ed Sullivan Show

Cartoons and children's TV shows in December 1949

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

Jim and Judy in Teleland

Tom and Jerry

Looney Tunes

Toys in 1949

Children were playing with the following toys and games:

Foto-Electric Baseball

Tonka trucks

Dimestore soldiers

Were you born on December 9, 1949?

If you were born on this date, then it is unlikely that you will remember anything from the year 1949.

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 December 9, 1955, instead.

Celebrity birthdays

Celebrities, historical figures, and other notable people who were born on December 9.

Judi Dench

Actress
Born on December 9, 1934
She turned 15 on this day in 1949.

John Malkovich

Actor
Born on December 9, 1953
He was born exactly 4 years after this date.

Felicity Huffman

Actress
Born on December 9, 1962
She was born exactly 13 years after this date.

Kurt Angle

Wrestler
Born on December 9, 1968
He was born exactly 19 years after this date.

Tré Cool

Green Day
Born on December 9, 1972
He was born exactly 23 years after this date.

Camoflauge

Rapper Deceased
Born on December 9, 1981
He was born exactly 32 years after this date.

PnB Rock

Rapper Deceased
Born on December 9, 1991
He was born exactly 42 years after this date.

US President

Harry S. Truman was the President of the United States on December 9, 1949.

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 December 9, 1949 was most likely conceived around March 18, 1949.
The due date for a baby that was conceived on December 9, 1949 is close to September 1, 1950.

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Statistics

Here are some interesting statistics about December 9, 1949:

27,161 days have passed since this date.
3,880 weeks have passed.
2,346,706,800 seconds have passed since December 9, 1949.
If you were born on this day, your heart has beat approximately 2,737,824,600 times.
Since then, the Earth has traveled approximately 1,210,900,708,800 miles through space.
If you were born on this day, your eyes have blinked approximately 391,117,800 times.
You have taken approximately 201,816,785 steps. That's roughly 89,696 miles.
28,160,482 meteors have entered the Earth's atmosphere.
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