April 24, 1948

April 24, 1948, was a Saturday. It was 76 years, 6 months, and 29 days ago. The zodiac star sign for this date is Taurus.

Facts

This date was 27,972 days ago. Approximately 932 months have passed. It was the 115th day of 1948, in week 17. The decade was the 1940s. People born on this day are currently 76 years old and belong to the Baby Boomer generation. 1948 had 366 days because it was a leap year. 311 seasons of weather have come and gone since then.

Zodiac

Zodiac, birthstone, and birth flower information.

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Zodiac Sign (Astrology): Anyone born on April 24, 1948, will have the star sign Taurus.
Zodiac Element: Earth.
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: April 24, 1948 falls under the Beaver.
Birthstone: A person during the month of April will have the birthstone Diamond.
Birth flower (April): The Daisy and the Sweet Pea.

News, nostalgia, and fads

These are news stories, trending topics, and fads that were popular on April 24, 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 April 24, 1948.

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What happened around this time?

Notable events that happened close to April 24, 1948.

May 15, 1948: The Arab-Israeli War begins.

Kids TV shows on April 24, 1948

Cartoons and TV shows that children and teenagers were watching on this day in 1948:

Tom and Jerry

Looney Tunes

Popular toys and games 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 April 24, 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 April 24, 1954, instead.

Celebrity birthdays

Celebrities, historical figures, and other notable people who were born on April 24.

Barbra Streisand

Singer
Born on April 24, 1942
She turned 6 on this day in 1948.

Enda Kenny

Irish Prime Minister
Born on April 24, 1951
He was born exactly 3 years after this date.

Djimon Hounsou

Actor
Born on April 24, 1964
He was born exactly 16 years after this date.

Aidan Gillen

Irish actor
Born on April 24, 1968
He was born exactly 20 years after this date.

Kelly Clarkson

Singer
Born on April 24, 1982
She was born exactly 34 years after this date.

Joe Keery

Actor
Born on April 24, 1992
He was born exactly 44 years after this date.

Holidays

National holidays and famous events that fall on April 24:

Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day

US President

Harry S. Truman was the President of the United States on April 24, 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 April 24, 1948 was most likely conceived around August 2, 1947.
The due date for a baby that was conceived on April 24, 1948 is close to January 15, 1949.

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Statistics

Here are some interesting statistics about April 24, 1948:

27,972 days have passed since this date.
3,996 weeks have passed.
2,416,784,400 seconds have passed since April 24, 1948.
If you were born on this day, your heart has beat approximately 2,819,581,800 times.
Since then, the Earth has traveled approximately 1,247,060,750,400 miles through space.
If you were born on this day, your eyes have blinked approximately 402,797,400 times.
You have taken approximately 207,843,458 steps. That's roughly 92,375 miles.
29,001,413 meteors have entered the Earth's atmosphere.
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