January 30, 1948

January 30, 1948, was a Friday. It was 76 years, 10 months, and 22 days ago. The zodiac star sign for this date is Aquarius.

Events

Notable events that occurred on January 30, 1948:

Mahatma Gandhi is assassinated in New Delhi, India.

Facts

This date was 28,085 days ago. Approximately 936 months have passed. It was the 30th day of 1948, in week 05. 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. 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 30, 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 8.
Native American Zodiac: January 30, 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 30, 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 30, 1948.

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Kids TV shows on January 30, 1948

If you were a kid on January 30, 1948, then you were probably watching the following cartoons and TV shows:

Tom and Jerry

Looney Tunes

Popular toys and games 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 30, 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 30, 1954, instead.

Celebrity birthdays

Celebrities, historical figures, and other notable people who were born on January 30.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

US President Deceased
Born on January 30, 1882
He was not alive on this date.

Gene Hackman

Actor
Born on January 30, 1930
He turned 18 on this day in 1948.

Dick Cheney

American politician
Born on January 30, 1941
He turned 7 on this day in 1948.

Christian Bale

Actor
Born on January 30, 1974
He was born exactly 26 years after this date.

Wilmer Valderrama

Actor
Born on January 30, 1980
He was born exactly 32 years after this date.

Becky Lynch

Wrestler
Born on January 30, 1987
She was born exactly 39 years after this date.

Jake Thomas

Actor
Born on January 30, 1990
He was born exactly 42 years after this date.

Tyla

Singer
Born on January 30, 2002
She was born exactly 54 years after this date.

US President

Harry S. Truman was the President of the United States on January 30, 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 30, 1948 was most likely conceived around May 9, 1947.
The due date for a baby that was conceived on January 30, 1948 is close to October 22, 1948.

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Statistics

Here are some interesting statistics about January 30, 1948:

28,085 days have passed since this date.
4,012 weeks have passed.
2,426,544,000 seconds have passed since January 30, 1948.
If you were born on this day, your heart has beat approximately 2,830,968,000 times.
Since then, the Earth has traveled approximately 1,252,096,704,000 miles through space.
If you were born on this day, your eyes have blinked approximately 404,424,000 times.
You have taken approximately 208,682,784 steps. That's roughly 92,748 miles.
29,118,528 meteors have entered the Earth's atmosphere.
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