July 23, 1948

July 23, 1948, was a Friday. It was 76 years and 5 months ago. The zodiac star sign for this date is Leo.

Facts

This date occurred 27,912 days ago. Approximately 930 months have passed. It was the 205th day of 1948, in week 30. The decade was the 1940s. People who were born on July 23, 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. 310 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 July 23, 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 7.
Native American Zodiac: July 23, 1948 falls under the Salmon.
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 23, 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 23, 1948.

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What happened around this time?

News stories, pop culture trends, and other events that happened around July 23, 1948.

This date: July 23, 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.

Television shows in July 1948

In July 1948, TV audiences were watching the following series:

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

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 July 23, 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 23, 1954, instead.

Celebrity birthdays

Celebrities, historical figures, and other notable people who were born on July 23.

Woody Harrelson

Actor
Born on July 23, 1961
He was born exactly 13 years after this date.

Slash

Musician
Born on July 23, 1965
He was born exactly 17 years after this date.

Philip Seymour Hoffman

Actor Deceased
Born on July 23, 1967
He was born exactly 19 years after this date.

Tenitra Michelle Williams

Singer
Born on July 23, 1979
She was born exactly 31 years after this date.

Daniel Radcliffe

English actor
Born on July 23, 1989
He was born exactly 41 years after this date.

David Dobrik

Internet personality
Born on July 23, 1996
He was born exactly 48 years after this date.

Holidays

National holidays and famous events that fall on July 23:

Revolution Day (Egypt)

US President

Harry S. Truman was the President of the United States on July 23, 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 23, 1948 was most likely conceived around October 31, 1947.
The due date for a baby that was conceived on July 23, 1948 is close to April 15, 1949.

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Statistics

Here are some interesting statistics about July 23, 1948:

27,912 days have passed since this date.
3,987 weeks have passed.
2,411,600,400 seconds have passed since July 23, 1948.
If you were born on this day, your heart has beat approximately 2,813,533,800 times.
Since then, the Earth has traveled approximately 1,244,385,806,400 miles through space.
If you were born on this day, your eyes have blinked approximately 401,933,400 times.
You have taken approximately 207,397,634 steps. That's roughly 92,177 miles.
28,939,205 meteors have entered the Earth's atmosphere.
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