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January 19, 1948

January 19, 1948, was a Monday. It was the 19th day of 1948. The decade was the 1940s.

76 years, 2 months, and 9 days have passed since January 19, 1948.

The zodiac star sign for this date is Capricorn.

Facts

This date occurred 27,828 days ago. Approximately 928 months have passed. It was the 19th day of 1948, in week 04. The decade was the 1940s. People who were born on January 19, 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 309 seasons of weather since this date.

News

News, nostalgia, and fads

These are news stories, trending topics, and fads that were popular on January 19, 1948.

  • More and more people are buying television sets.

    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.

    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 19, 1948.

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Events

What happened around this time?

News stories, pop culture trends, and other events that happened around January 19, 1948.

Zodiac info

Zodiac

Zodiac, birthstone, and birth flower information.

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  • Zodiac Sign (Astrology): Anyone born on January 19, 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 19, 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.
Children TV shows

Cartoons and children's TV shows in January 1948

Children and teenagers were watching the following cartoons and TV series:

Tom and Jerry
Tom and Jerry
Looney Tunes
Looney Tunes
Toys

Toys in 1948

Children were playing with the following toys and games:

Tonka trucks
Tonka trucks
Dimestore soldiers
Dimestore soldiers

Were you born on January 19, 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 19, 1954, instead.

Celebrity birthdays

Celebrity birthdays

Celebrities, historical figures, and other notable people who were born on January 19.

Edgar Allan Poe

Edgar Allan Poe

Author Deceased
Born on January 19, 1809
He was not alive on this date.

Janis Joplin

Janis Joplin

Singer Deceased
Born on January 19, 1943
She turned 5 on this day in 1948.

Dolly Parton

Dolly Parton

Singer
Born on January 19, 1946
She turned 2 on this day in 1948.

Drea de Matteo

Drea de Matteo

Actress
Born on January 19, 1972
She was born exactly 24 years after this date.

VL Mike

VL Mike

Rapper Deceased
Born on January 19, 1976
He was born exactly 28 years after this date.

Dustin Poirier

Dustin Poirier

UFC fighter
Born on January 19, 1989
He was born exactly 41 years after this date.

Mac Miller

Mac Miller

Rapper Deceased
Born on January 19, 1992
He was born exactly 44 years after this date.

Mike Thalassitis

Mike Thalassitis

Love Island contestant Deceased
Born on January 19, 1993
He was born exactly 45 years after this date.

USA

US President

Harry S. Truman was the President of the United States on January 19, 1948.

UK

UK Prime Minister

Clement Attlee was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.

Ireland

Irish Taoiseach

Éamon de Valera was the Taoiseach of Ireland.

Conception

Conception dates

Conception estimates for this date.

  • A baby that was born on January 19, 1948 was most likely conceived around April 28, 1947.
  • The due date for a baby that was conceived on January 19, 1948 is close to October 11, 1948.

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Stats for January 19, 1948

Statistics

Here are some interesting statistics about January 19, 1948:

  • 27,828 days have passed since this date.
  • 3,975 weeks have passed.
  • 2,404,339,200 seconds have passed since January 19, 1948.
  • If you were born on this day, your heart has beat approximately 2,805,062,400 times.
  • Since then, the Earth has traveled approximately 1,240,639,027,200 miles through space.
  • If you were born on this day, your eyes have blinked approximately 400,723,200 times.
  • You have taken approximately 206,773,171 steps. That's roughly 91,899 miles!
  • Since this date, 28,852,070 meteors have entered the Earth's atmosphere!
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