July 17, 1948

July 17, 1948, was a Saturday. It was 76 years, 3 months, and 28 days ago. The zodiac star sign for this date is Cancer.

Facts

This date occurred 27,879 days ago. Approximately 929 months have passed. It was the 199th day of 1948, in week 29. The decade was the 1940s. People who were born on July 17, 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 310 seasons of weather since this date.

Zodiac

Zodiac, birthstone, and birth flower information.

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Zodiac Sign (Astrology): Anyone born on July 17, 1948, will have the star sign Cancer.
Zodiac Element: Water.
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: July 17, 1948 falls under the Woodpecker.
Birthstone: A person during the month of July will have the birthstone Ruby.
Birth flower (July): The Larkspur and the Water Lily.

News, nostalgia, and fads

These are news stories, trending topics, and fads that were popular on July 17, 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 July 17, 1948.

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What happened around this time?

News stories, pop culture trends, and other events that happened around July 17, 1948.

This date: July 17, 1948
August 9, 1948: Fashion designer Hugo Boss dies from a tooth abscess at the age of 63.
August 16, 1948: Baseball legend Babe Ruth dies from cancer at the age of 53.

TV series on July 17, 1948

People in July 1948 were watching the following TV series:

The Ed Sullivan Show

Cartoons and children's TV shows in July 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 July 17, 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 July 17, 1954, instead.

Celebrity birthdays

Celebrities, historical figures, and other notable people who were born on July 17.

David Hasselhoff

Actor
Born on July 17, 1952
He was born exactly 4 years after this date.

Angela Merkel

German Chancellor
Born on July 17, 1954
She was born exactly 6 years after this date.

John Ventimiglia

Actor
Born on July 17, 1963
He was born exactly 15 years after this date.

Natasha Hamilton

Atomic Kitten
Born on July 17, 1982
She was born exactly 34 years after this date.

US President

Harry S. Truman was the President of the United States on July 17, 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 July 17, 1948 was most likely conceived around October 25, 1947.
The due date for a baby that was conceived on July 17, 1948 is close to April 9, 1949.

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Statistics

Here are some interesting statistics about July 17, 1948:

27,879 days have passed since this date.
3,982 weeks have passed.
2,408,749,200 seconds have passed since July 17, 1948.
If you were born on this day, your heart has beat approximately 2,810,207,400 times.
Since then, the Earth has traveled approximately 1,242,914,587,200 miles through space.
If you were born on this day, your eyes have blinked approximately 401,458,200 times.
You have taken approximately 207,152,431 steps. That's roughly 92,068 miles.
28,904,990 meteors have entered the Earth's atmosphere.
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