December 17, 1948

December 17, 1948, was a Friday. It was 76 years and 5 days ago. The zodiac star sign for this date is Sagittarius.

Facts

This date occurred 27,764 days ago. Approximately 925 months have passed. It was the 352nd day of 1948, in week 51. The decade was the 1940s. The end of 1948 was just 14 days away. People who were born on December 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 308 seasons of weather since this date.

Zodiac

Zodiac, birthstone, and birth flower information.

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Zodiac Sign (Astrology): Anyone born on December 17, 1948, will have the star sign Sagittarius.
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 33.
Native American Zodiac: December 17, 1948 falls under the Owl.
Birthstone: A person during the month of December will have the birthstones Tanzanite, Zircon and Turquoise.
Birth flower (December): The Narcissus and the Holly.

News, nostalgia, and fads

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

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TV series on December 17, 1948

People in December 1948 were watching the following TV series:

The Ed Sullivan Show

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

Celebrity birthdays

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

Pope Francis

Pope
Born on December 17, 1936
He turned 12 on this day in 1948.

Bill Pullman

Actor
Born on December 17, 1953
He was born exactly 5 years after this date.

Chuck Liddell

MMA fighter
Born on December 17, 1969
He was born exactly 21 years after this date.

Manny Pacquiao

Boxer
Born on December 17, 1978
He was born exactly 30 years after this date.

Chelsea Manning

Whistleblower
Born on December 17, 1987
She was born exactly 39 years after this date.

US President

Harry S. Truman was the President of the United States on December 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 December 17, 1948 was most likely conceived around March 26, 1948.
The due date for a baby that was conceived on December 17, 1948 is close to September 9, 1949.

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Statistics

Here are some interesting statistics about December 17, 1948:

27,764 days have passed since this date.
3,966 weeks have passed.
2,398,809,600 seconds have passed since December 17, 1948.
If you were born on this day, your heart has beat approximately 2,798,611,200 times.
Since then, the Earth has traveled approximately 1,237,785,753,600 miles through space.
If you were born on this day, your eyes have blinked approximately 399,801,600 times.
You have taken approximately 206,297,626 steps. That's roughly 91,688 miles.
28,785,715 meteors have entered the Earth's atmosphere.
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