January 15, 1948

January 15, 1948, was a Thursday. It was 76 years, 3 months, and 4 days ago. The zodiac star sign for this date is Capricorn.

Facts

This date occurred 27,855 days ago. Approximately 929 months have passed. It was the 15th day of 1948, in week 03. The decade was the 1940s. People who were born on January 15, 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. We have gone through approximately 310 seasons of weather since this date.

News, nostalgia, and fads

These are news stories, trending topics, and fads that were popular on January 15, 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 15, 1948.

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What happened around this time?

News stories, pop culture trends, and other events that happened around January 15, 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 15, 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 11.
Native American Zodiac: January 15, 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 15, 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 15, 1954, instead.

Celebrity birthdays

Celebrities, historical figures, and other notable people who were born on January 15.

Martin Luther King

Activist Deceased
Born on January 15, 1929
He turned 19 on this day in 1948.

Drew Brees

NFL player
Born on January 15, 1979
He was born exactly 31 years after this date.

Pitbull

Rapper
Born on January 15, 1981
He was born exactly 33 years after this date.

Ben Shapiro

American political commentator
Born on January 15, 1984
He was born exactly 36 years after this date.

Skrillex

Dance producer
Born on January 15, 1988
He was born exactly 40 years after this date.

US President

Harry S. Truman was the President of the United States on January 15, 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 15, 1948 was most likely conceived around April 24, 1947.
The due date for a baby that was conceived on January 15, 1948 is close to October 7, 1948.

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Statistics

Here are some interesting statistics about January 15, 1948:

27,855 days have passed since this date.
3,979 weeks have passed.
2,406,668,400 seconds have passed since January 15, 1948.
If you were born on this day, your heart has beat approximately 2,807,779,800 times.
Since then, the Earth has traveled approximately 1,241,840,894,400 miles through space.
If you were born on this day, your eyes have blinked approximately 401,111,400 times.
You have taken approximately 206,973,482 steps. That's roughly 91,988 miles.
28,880,021 meteors have entered the Earth's atmosphere.
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