January 29, 1948

January 29, 1948, was a Thursday. It was 76 years, 10 months, and 24 days ago. The zodiac star sign for this date is Aquarius.

Facts

This date occurred 28,087 days ago. Approximately 936 months have passed. It was the 29th day of 1948, in week 05. The decade was the 1940s. People who were born on January 29, 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. 312 seasons of weather have come and gone since then.

Zodiac

Zodiac, birthstone, and birth flower information.

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Zodiac Sign (Astrology): Anyone born on January 29, 1948, will have the star sign Aquarius.
Zodiac Element: Air.
Chinese Zodiac Animal: In the Chinese Zodiac, 1948 was the year of the Rat (Yang Wood).
The Life Path Number for this date is 7.
Native American Zodiac: January 29, 1948 falls under the Otter.
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 29, 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 29, 1948.

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What happened around this time?

News stories, pop culture trends, and other events that happened around January 29, 1948.

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

Cartoons and children's TV shows in January 1948

If you were a kid on January 29, 1948, then you were probably watching the following cartoons and TV shows:

Tom and Jerry

Looney Tunes

Toys in 1948

If you were a child on this date, then you may have had some of the following toys:

Tonka trucks

Dimestore soldiers

Were you born on January 29, 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 29, 1954, instead.

Celebrity birthdays

Celebrities, historical figures, and other notable people who were born on January 29.

Tom Selleck

Actor
Born on January 29, 1945
He turned 3 on this day in 1948.

Oprah Winfrey

Talk show host
Born on January 29, 1954
She was born exactly 6 years after this date.

Gia Carangi

Supermodel Deceased
Born on January 29, 1960
She was born exactly 12 years after this date.

Heather Graham

Actress
Born on January 29, 1970
She was born exactly 22 years after this date.

US President

Harry S. Truman was the President of the United States on January 29, 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 29, 1948 was most likely conceived around May 8, 1947.
The due date for a baby that was conceived on January 29, 1948 is close to October 21, 1948.

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Statistics

Here are some interesting statistics about January 29, 1948:

28,087 days have passed since this date.
4,012 weeks have passed.
2,426,716,800 seconds have passed since January 29, 1948.
If you were born on this day, your heart has beat approximately 2,831,169,600 times.
Since then, the Earth has traveled approximately 1,252,185,868,800 miles through space.
If you were born on this day, your eyes have blinked approximately 404,452,800 times.
You have taken approximately 208,697,645 steps. That's roughly 92,755 miles.
29,120,602 meteors have entered the Earth's atmosphere.
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