January 4th, 1948

Born on January 4th, 1948.

People who were born on this exact date.

• Alice Cooper: Singer.

News topics, nostalgic fads, and pop culture events.

These are news stories, trending topics, and fads that were popular on January 4th, 1948.

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  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%.

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  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.

Facts.

Basic facts and information about this date:

• This date fell on a weekend.
• 75 years and 5 months have passed since January 4th, 1948.
• Week Number: This date occurred during Week 1 of 1948.
• Leap Year: 1948 was a leap year, which means that it contained 366 days instead of 365 (with an extra day in February).
• Age: People born on January 4th, 1948, are now 75 years old.
• Generation: People born in 1948 belong to the Baby Boomer generation.

Personality traits.

Check out our personality summary for people who were born on January 4th, 1948.

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Around this time.

Notable events that happened close to January 4th, 1948.

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

Horoscope, birthstone, and birth flower information.

Zodiac and birthstone information.

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• Zodiac Sign (Astrology): Anyone born on January 4th, 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 9.
• Native American Zodiac: January 4th, 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.

Were you born on this date?

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 4th, 1954, instead.

Conception dates.

Conception estimates for this date.

Warning! These conception dates are based on broad estimates.

• A baby that was born on January 4th, 1948 was most likely conceived around April 13th, 1947.
• The due date for a baby that was conceived on January 4th, 1948 is close to September 26th, 1948.

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Time difference & statistics.

Here are some fun statistics about January 4th, 1948.

• A total of 27,546 days have passed since this date.
• 3,935 weeks have passed.
• 2,379,970,800 seconds have passed since the January 4th, 1948.
• If you were born on this day, your heart has beated approximately 2,776,632,600 times.
• Since January 4th, 1948, the Earth has travelled approximately 1,228,064,932,800 miles through space.
• If you were born on this day, your eyes have blinked approximately 396,661,800 times.
• If you were born on this day, you have taken approximately 204,677,489 steps. That's about 90,968 miles!
• Since this date, 28,559,650 meteors have entered the Earth's atmosphere!
• How many years ago was 1948?

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