February 15, 1948

February 15, 1948, was a Sunday. It was 76 years, 9 months, and 7 days ago. The zodiac star sign for this date is Aquarius.

Facts

This date occurred 28,040 days ago. Approximately 935 months have passed. It was the 46th day of 1948, in week 07. The decade was the 1940s. People who were born on February 15, 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 312 seasons of weather since this date.

Zodiac

Zodiac, birthstone, and birth flower information.

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Zodiac Sign (Astrology): Anyone born on February 15, 1948, will have the star sign Aquarius.
Zodiac Element: Air.
Chinese Zodiac Animal: In the Chinese Zodiac, 1948 was the year of the Rat (Yang Wood).
The Life Path Number for this date is 3.
Native American Zodiac: February 15, 1948 falls under the Otter.
Birthstone: A person during the month of February will have the birthstone Amethyst.
Birth flower (February): The Violet and the Primrose.

News, nostalgia, and fads

These are news stories, trending topics, and fads that were popular on February 15, 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 February 15, 1948.

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What happened around this time?

News stories, pop culture trends, and other events that happened around February 15, 1948.

January 30, 1948: Mahatma Gandhi is assassinated in New Delhi, India.

Cartoons and children's TV shows in February 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 February 15, 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 February 15, 1954, instead.

Celebrity birthdays

Celebrities, historical figures, and other notable people who were born on February 15.

Galileo Galilei

Scientist Deceased
Born on February 15, 1564
He was not alive on this date.

Robert Hansen

American serial killer Deceased
Born on February 15, 1939
He turned 9 on this day in 1948.

Matt Groening

Cartoonist
Born on February 15, 1954
He was born exactly 6 years after this date.

Joseph R. Gannascoli

Actor
Born on February 15, 1959
He was born exactly 11 years after this date.

Chris Farley

Actor Deceased
Born on February 15, 1964
He was born exactly 16 years after this date.

Sodapoppin

Twitch streamer
Born on February 15, 1994
He was born exactly 46 years after this date.

US President

Harry S. Truman was the President of the United States on February 15, 1948.

UK Prime Minister

Clement Attlee was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.

Irish Taoiseach

Éamon de Valera 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 February 15, 1948 was most likely conceived around May 25, 1947.
The due date for a baby that was conceived on February 15, 1948 is close to November 7, 1948.

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Statistics

Here are some interesting statistics about February 15, 1948:

28,040 days have passed since this date.
4,005 weeks have passed.
2,422,656,000 seconds have passed since February 15, 1948.
If you were born on this day, your heart has beat approximately 2,826,432,000 times.
Since then, the Earth has traveled approximately 1,250,090,496,000 miles through space.
If you were born on this day, your eyes have blinked approximately 403,776,000 times.
You have taken approximately 208,348,416 steps. That's roughly 92,599 miles.
29,071,872 meteors have entered the Earth's atmosphere.
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