August 1, 1948

August 1, 1948, was a Sunday. It was 76 years, 4 months, and 22 days ago. The zodiac star sign for this date is Leo.

Facts

This date occurred 27,903 days ago. Approximately 930 months have passed. It was the 214th day of 1948, in week 31. The decade was the 1940s. People who were born on August 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 310 seasons of weather since then.

Zodiac

Zodiac, birthstone, and birth flower information.

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Zodiac Sign (Astrology): Anyone born on August 1, 1948, will have the star sign Leo.
Zodiac Element: Fire.
Chinese Zodiac Animal: In the Chinese Zodiac, 1948 was the year of the Rat (Yang Wood).
The Life Path Number for this date is 4.
Native American Zodiac: August 1, 1948 falls under the Salmon.
Birthstone: A person during the month of August will have the birthstone Peridot.
Birth flower (August): The Gladiolus and the Poppy.

News, nostalgia, and fads

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

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What happened around this time?

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

This date: August 1, 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.

Television shows in August 1948

Television shows that people were watching in August 1948:

The Ed Sullivan Show

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

Celebrity birthdays

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

Jerry Garcia

Guitarist Deceased
Born on August 1, 1942
He turned 6 on this day in 1948.

Tommy Bolin

American guitarist Deceased
Born on August 1, 1951
He was born exactly 3 years after this date.

Chuck D

Rapper
Born on August 1, 1960
He was born exactly 12 years after this date.

Micheál Martin

Irish politician
Born on August 1, 1960
He was born exactly 12 years after this date.

Coolio

Rapper Deceased
Born on August 1, 1963
He was born exactly 15 years after this date.

Jason Momoa

Actor
Born on August 1, 1979
He was born exactly 31 years after this date.

Bastian Schweinsteiger

German soccer player
Born on August 1, 1984
He was born exactly 36 years after this date.

Nemanja Matic

Serbian soccer player
Born on August 1, 1988
He was born exactly 40 years after this date.

Leon Thomas III

Actor
Born on August 1, 1993
He was born exactly 45 years after this date.

US President

Harry S. Truman was the President of the United States on August 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 August 1, 1948 was most likely conceived around November 9, 1947.
The due date for a baby that was conceived on August 1, 1948 is close to April 24, 1949.

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Statistics

Here are some interesting statistics about August 1, 1948:

27,903 days have passed since this date.
3,986 weeks have passed.
2,410,822,800 seconds have passed since August 1, 1948.
If you were born on this day, your heart has beat approximately 2,812,626,600 times.
Since then, the Earth has traveled approximately 1,243,984,564,800 miles through space.
If you were born on this day, your eyes have blinked approximately 401,803,800 times.
You have taken approximately 207,330,761 steps. That's roughly 92,147 miles.
28,929,874 meteors have entered the Earth's atmosphere.
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