January 1, 1948

January 1, 1948, was a Thursday. It was 76 years, 10 months, and 21 days ago. The zodiac star sign for this date is Capricorn.

Facts

This date occurred 28,085 days ago. Approximately 936 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 312 seasons of weather since then.

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.

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 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 January 1, 1948.

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What happened around this time?

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

January 30, 1948: Mahatma Gandhi is assassinated in New Delhi, India.

Cartoons and children's TV shows in January 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 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

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

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

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

Verne Troyer

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

Ice Spice

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

Holidays

National holidays and famous events that fall on January 1:

New Year's Day

US President

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

UK Prime Minister

Clement Attlee was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.

Irish Taoiseach

Éamon de Valera 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 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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Statistics

Here are some interesting statistics about January 1, 1948:

28,085 days have passed since this date.
4,012 weeks have passed.
2,426,544,000 seconds have passed since January 1, 1948.
If you were born on this day, your heart has beat approximately 2,830,968,000 times.
Since then, the Earth has traveled approximately 1,252,096,704,000 miles through space.
If you were born on this day, your eyes have blinked approximately 404,424,000 times.
You have taken approximately 208,682,784 steps. That's roughly 92,748 miles.
29,118,528 meteors have entered the Earth's atmosphere.
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