January 5, 1948

January 5, 1948, was a Monday. It was 76 years, 3 months, and 12 days ago. The zodiac star sign for this date is Capricorn.

Facts

This date occurred 27,863 days ago. Approximately 929 months have passed. It was the 5th day of 1948, in week 02. The decade was the 1940s. People who were born on January 5, 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 310 seasons of weather since then.

News, nostalgia, and fads

These are news stories, trending topics, and fads that were popular on January 5, 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 5, 1948.

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What happened around this time?

News stories, pop culture trends, and other events that happened around January 5, 1948.

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

Zodiac

Zodiac, birthstone, and birth flower information.

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Zodiac Sign (Astrology): Anyone born on January 5, 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 1.
Native American Zodiac: January 5, 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.

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 5, 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 5, 1954, instead.

Celebrity birthdays

Celebrities, historical figures, and other notable people who were born on January 5.

Robert Duvall

Actor
Born on January 5, 1931
He turned 17 on this day in 1948.

Marilyn Manson

Musician
Born on January 5, 1969
He was born exactly 21 years after this date.

Bradley Cooper

Actor
Born on January 5, 1975
He was born exactly 27 years after this date.

Deadmau5

Music producer
Born on January 5, 1981
He was born exactly 33 years after this date.

Holidays

National holidays and famous events that fall on January 5:

Twelfth Night (Sweden)

US President

Harry S. Truman was the President of the United States on January 5, 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 5, 1948 was most likely conceived around April 14, 1947.
The due date for a baby that was conceived on January 5, 1948 is close to September 27, 1948.

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Statistics

Here are some interesting statistics about January 5, 1948:

27,863 days have passed since this date.
3,980 weeks have passed.
2,407,359,600 seconds have passed since January 5, 1948.
If you were born on this day, your heart has beat approximately 2,808,586,200 times.
Since then, the Earth has traveled approximately 1,242,197,553,600 miles through space.
If you were born on this day, your eyes have blinked approximately 401,226,600 times.
You have taken approximately 207,032,926 steps. That's roughly 92,015 miles.
28,888,315 meteors have entered the Earth's atmosphere.
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