June 1, 1948

June 1, 1948, was a Tuesday. It was 76 years, 6 months, and 21 days ago. The zodiac star sign for this date is Gemini.

Facts

This date occurred 27,963 days ago. Approximately 932 months have passed. It was the 153rd day of 1948, in week 23. The decade was the 1940s. People who were born on June 1, 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. The Earth has experienced 311 seasons of weather since then.

Zodiac

Zodiac, birthstone, and birth flower information.

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Zodiac Sign (Astrology): Anyone born on June 1, 1948, will have the star sign Gemini.
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 11.
Native American Zodiac: June 1, 1948 falls under the Deer.
Birthstone: A person during the month of June will have the birthstones Pearl and Alexandrite.
Birth flower (June): The Rose and the Honeysuckle.

News, nostalgia, and fads

These are news stories, trending topics, and fads that were popular on June 1, 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 June 1, 1948.

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What happened around this time?

News stories, pop culture trends, and other events that happened around June 1, 1948.

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

Cartoons and children's TV shows in June 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 June 1, 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 June 1, 1954, instead.

Celebrity birthdays

Celebrities, historical figures, and other notable people who were born on June 1.

Marilyn Monroe

Actress / Model Deceased
Born on June 1, 1926
She turned 22 on this day in 1948.

Morgan Freeman

American actor
Born on June 1, 1937
He turned 11 on this day in 1948.

Ronnie Wood

Musician
Born on June 1, 1947
He turned 1 on this day in 1948.

David Berkowitz

Serial killer
Born on June 1, 1953
He was born exactly 5 years after this date.

Heidi Klum

German model
Born on June 1, 1973
She was born exactly 25 years after this date.

Markus Persson

Minecraft creator
Born on June 1, 1979
He was born exactly 31 years after this date.

Tom Holland

Actor
Born on June 1, 1996
He was born exactly 48 years after this date.

US President

Harry S. Truman was the President of the United States on June 1, 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 June 1, 1948 was most likely conceived around September 9, 1947.
The due date for a baby that was conceived on June 1, 1948 is close to February 22, 1949.

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Statistics

Here are some interesting statistics about June 1, 1948:

27,963 days have passed since this date.
3,994 weeks have passed.
2,416,006,800 seconds have passed since June 1, 1948.
If you were born on this day, your heart has beat approximately 2,818,674,600 times.
Since then, the Earth has traveled approximately 1,246,659,508,800 miles through space.
If you were born on this day, your eyes have blinked approximately 402,667,800 times.
You have taken approximately 207,776,585 steps. That's roughly 92,345 miles.
28,992,082 meteors have entered the Earth's atmosphere.
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