July 21, 1948

July 21, 1948, was a Wednesday. It was 75 years, 9 months, and 4 days ago. The zodiac star sign for this date is Cancer.

Facts

This date occurred 27,672 days ago. Approximately 922 months have passed. It was the 203rd day of 1948, in week 30. The decade was the 1940s. People who were born on July 21, 1948, are now 75 years old and belong to the Baby Boomer generation. 1948 was a leap year, which means that it had an extra day in February. 307 seasons of weather have come and gone since then.

News, nostalgia, and fads

These are news stories, trending topics, and fads that were popular on July 21, 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 21, 1948.

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What happened around this time?

News stories, pop culture trends, and other events that happened around July 21, 1948.

This date: July 21, 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.

Zodiac

Zodiac, birthstone, and birth flower information.

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Zodiac Sign (Astrology): Anyone born on July 21, 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 5.
Native American Zodiac: July 21, 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.

Television shows in July 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

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 July 21, 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 21, 1954, instead.

Celebrity birthdays

Celebrities, historical figures, and other notable people who were born on July 21.

Ernest Hemingway

Author Deceased
Born on July 21, 1899
He turned 49 on this day in 1948.

Ken Starr

American lawyer Deceased
Born on July 21, 1946
He turned 2 on this day in 1948.

Robin Williams

Actor Deceased
Born on July 21, 1951
He was born exactly 3 years after this date.

Josh Hartnett

Actor
Born on July 21, 1978
He was born exactly 30 years after this date.

US President

Harry S. Truman was the President of the United States on July 21, 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 21, 1948 was most likely conceived around October 29, 1947.
The due date for a baby that was conceived on July 21, 1948 is close to April 13, 1949.

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Statistics

Here are some interesting statistics about July 21, 1948:

27,672 days have passed since this date.
3,953 weeks have passed.
2,390,860,800 seconds have passed since July 21, 1948.
If you were born on this day, your heart has beat approximately 2,789,337,600 times.
Since then, the Earth has traveled approximately 1,233,684,172,800 miles through space.
If you were born on this day, your eyes have blinked approximately 398,476,800 times.
You have taken approximately 205,614,029 steps. That's roughly 91,384 miles.
28,690,330 meteors have entered the Earth's atmosphere.
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