July 15, 1948

July 15, 1948, was a Thursday. It was 76 years, 4 months, and 7 days ago. The zodiac star sign for this date is Cancer.

Facts

This date occurred 27,889 days ago. Approximately 930 months have passed. It was the 197th day of 1948, in week 29. The decade was the 1940s. People who were born on July 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 310 seasons of weather since this date.

Zodiac

Zodiac, birthstone, and birth flower information.

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Zodiac Sign (Astrology): Anyone born on July 15, 1948, will have the star sign Cancer.
Zodiac Element: Water.
Chinese Zodiac Animal: In the Chinese Zodiac, 1948 was the year of the Rat (Yang Wood).
The Life Path Number for this date is 8.
Native American Zodiac: July 15, 1948 falls under the Woodpecker.
Birthstone: A person during the month of July will have the birthstone Ruby.
Birth flower (July): The Larkspur and the Water Lily.

News, nostalgia, and fads

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

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What happened around this time?

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

August 9, 1948: Fashion designer Hugo Boss dies from a tooth abscess at the age of 63.

TV series on July 15, 1948

TV audiences were watching the following shows on July 15, 1948:

The Ed Sullivan Show

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

Celebrity birthdays

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

Rembrandt

Dutch artist Deceased
Born on July 15, 1606
He was not alive on this date.

Ian Curtis

English singer Deceased
Born on July 15, 1956
He was born exactly 8 years after this date.

Forest Whitaker

Actor
Born on July 15, 1961
He was born exactly 13 years after this date.

Adam Savage

Television host
Born on July 15, 1967
He was born exactly 19 years after this date.

Eddie Griffin

Actor / Comedian
Born on July 15, 1968
He was born exactly 20 years after this date.

Brian Austin Green

Actor
Born on July 15, 1973
He was born exactly 25 years after this date.

US President

Harry S. Truman was the President of the United States on July 15, 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 July 15, 1948 was most likely conceived around October 23, 1947.
The due date for a baby that was conceived on July 15, 1948 is close to April 7, 1949.

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Statistics

Here are some interesting statistics about July 15, 1948:

27,889 days have passed since this date.
3,984 weeks have passed.
2,409,613,200 seconds have passed since July 15, 1948.
If you were born on this day, your heart has beat approximately 2,811,215,400 times.
Since then, the Earth has traveled approximately 1,243,360,411,200 miles through space.
If you were born on this day, your eyes have blinked approximately 401,602,200 times.
You have taken approximately 207,226,735 steps. That's roughly 92,101 miles.
28,915,358 meteors have entered the Earth's atmosphere.
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