August 17, 1948

August 17, 1948, was a Tuesday. It was 76 years, 3 months, and 4 days ago. The zodiac star sign for this date is Leo.

Facts

This date occurred 27,855 days ago. Approximately 929 months have passed. It was the 230th day of 1948, in week 34. The decade was the 1940s. People who were born on August 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 August 17, 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 11.
Native American Zodiac: August 17, 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 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 August 17, 1948.

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What happened around this time?

News stories, pop culture trends, and other events that happened around August 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.
This date: August 17, 1948

TV series on August 17, 1948

People in August 1948 were watching the following TV series:

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 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 August 17, 1954, instead.

Celebrity birthdays

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

Robert De Niro

Actor
Born on August 17, 1943
He turned 5 on this day in 1948.

David Koresh

Cult leader Deceased
Born on August 17, 1959
He was born exactly 11 years after this date.

Sean Penn

Actor
Born on August 17, 1960
He was born exactly 12 years after this date.

Scott Halberstadt

Actor
Born on August 17, 1976
He was born exactly 28 years after this date.

Thierry Henry

French soccer player
Born on August 17, 1977
He was born exactly 29 years after this date.

James Tindale

Geordie Shore
Born on August 17, 1990
He was born exactly 42 years after this date.

Austin Butler

Actor
Born on August 17, 1991
He was born exactly 43 years after this date.

Paige

Wrestler
Born on August 17, 1992
She was born exactly 44 years after this date.

Lil Pump

Rapper
Born on August 17, 2000
He was born exactly 52 years after this date.

The Kid Laroi

Australian singer
Born on August 17, 2003
He was born exactly 55 years after this date.

US President

Harry S. Truman was the President of the United States on August 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 August 17, 1948 was most likely conceived around November 25, 1947.
The due date for a baby that was conceived on August 17, 1948 is close to May 10, 1949.

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Statistics

Here are some interesting statistics about August 17, 1948:

27,855 days have passed since this date.
3,979 weeks have passed.
2,406,675,600 seconds have passed since August 17, 1948.
If you were born on this day, your heart has beat approximately 2,807,788,200 times.
Since then, the Earth has traveled approximately 1,241,844,609,600 miles through space.
If you were born on this day, your eyes have blinked approximately 401,112,600 times.
You have taken approximately 206,974,102 steps. That's roughly 91,988 miles.
28,880,107 meteors have entered the Earth's atmosphere.
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