January 8, 1948

January 8, 1948, was a Thursday. It was 76 years, 10 months, and 13 days ago. The zodiac star sign for this date is Capricorn.

Facts

This date was 28,077 days ago. Approximately 936 months have passed. It was the 8th day of 1948, in week 02. The decade was the 1940s. People born on this day are currently 76 years old and belong to the Baby Boomer generation. 1948 had 366 days because it was a leap year. 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 8, 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 4.
Native American Zodiac: January 8, 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 8, 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 8, 1948.

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What happened around this time?

Notable events that happened close to January 8, 1948.

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

Kids TV shows on January 8, 1948

Cartoons and TV shows that children and teenagers were watching on this day in 1948:

Tom and Jerry

Looney Tunes

Popular toys and games in 1948

Toys and games that were popular in 1948:

Tonka trucks

Dimestore soldiers

Were you born on January 8, 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 8, 1954, instead.

Celebrity birthdays

Celebrities, historical figures, and other notable people who were born on January 8.

Elvis Presley

Singer Deceased
Born on January 8, 1935
He turned 13 on this day in 1948.

Stephen Hawking

English physicist Deceased
Born on January 8, 1942
He turned 6 on this day in 1948.

David Bowie

Singer Deceased
Born on January 8, 1947
He turned 1 on this day in 1948.

Kim Jong-un

North Korean leader
Born on January 8, 1983
He was born exactly 35 years after this date.

US President

Harry S. Truman was the President of the United States on January 8, 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 8, 1948 was most likely conceived around April 17, 1947.
The due date for a baby that was conceived on January 8, 1948 is close to September 30, 1948.

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Statistics

Here are some interesting statistics about January 8, 1948:

28,077 days have passed since this date.
4,011 weeks have passed.
2,425,852,800 seconds have passed since January 8, 1948.
If you were born on this day, your heart has beat approximately 2,830,161,600 times.
Since then, the Earth has traveled approximately 1,251,740,044,800 miles through space.
If you were born on this day, your eyes have blinked approximately 404,308,800 times.
You have taken approximately 208,623,341 steps. That's roughly 92,721 miles.
29,110,234 meteors have entered the Earth's atmosphere.
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