April 29, 1948

April 29, 1948, was a Thursday. It was 76 years, 7 months, and 20 days ago. The zodiac star sign for this date is Taurus.

Facts

This date occurred 27,993 days ago. Approximately 933 months have passed. It was the 120th day of 1948, in week 18. The decade was the 1940s. People who were born on April 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. 311 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 April 29, 1948, will have the star sign Taurus.
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 1.
Native American Zodiac: April 29, 1948 falls under the Beaver.
Birthstone: A person during the month of April will have the birthstone Diamond.
Birth flower (April): The Daisy and the Sweet Pea.

News, nostalgia, and fads

These are news stories, trending topics, and fads that were popular on April 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 April 29, 1948.

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What happened around this time?

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

May 15, 1948: The Arab-Israeli War begins.

Cartoons and children's TV shows in April 1948

If you were a kid on April 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 April 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 April 29, 1954, instead.

Celebrity birthdays

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

Bernie Madoff

American fraudster Deceased
Born on April 29, 1938
He turned 10 on this day in 1948.

Tammi Terrell

Motown singer Deceased
Born on April 29, 1945
She turned 3 on this day in 1948.

Dale Earnhardt

Stock car driver Deceased
Born on April 29, 1951
He was born exactly 3 years after this date.

Jerry Seinfeld

Actor
Born on April 29, 1954
He was born exactly 6 years after this date.

Leslie Jordan

Actor Deceased
Born on April 29, 1955
He was born exactly 7 years after this date.

Daniel Day-Lewis

Actor
Born on April 29, 1957
He was born exactly 9 years after this date.

Federico Castelluccio

Actor
Born on April 29, 1964
He was born exactly 16 years after this date.

Uma Thurman

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

Master P

Rapper
Born on April 29, 1970
He was born exactly 22 years after this date.

Kian Egan

Irish singer
Born on April 29, 1980
He was born exactly 32 years after this date.

Candace Owens

Conservative author
Born on April 29, 1989
She was born exactly 41 years after this date.

Holidays

National holidays and famous events that fall on April 29:

Showa Day (Japan)

US President

Harry S. Truman was the President of the United States on April 29, 1948.

UK Prime Minister

Clement Attlee was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.

Irish Taoiseach

John A. Costello 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 April 29, 1948 was most likely conceived around August 7, 1947.
The due date for a baby that was conceived on April 29, 1948 is close to January 20, 1949.

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Statistics

Here are some interesting statistics about April 29, 1948:

27,993 days have passed since this date.
3,999 weeks have passed.
2,418,598,800 seconds have passed since April 29, 1948.
If you were born on this day, your heart has beat approximately 2,821,698,600 times.
Since then, the Earth has traveled approximately 1,247,996,980,800 miles through space.
If you were born on this day, your eyes have blinked approximately 403,099,800 times.
You have taken approximately 207,999,497 steps. That's roughly 92,444 miles.
29,023,186 meteors have entered the Earth's atmosphere.
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