August 24, 1948

August 24, 1948, was a Tuesday. It was 76 years, 2 months, and 29 days ago. The zodiac star sign for this date is Virgo.

Facts

This date was 27,849 days ago. Approximately 928 months have passed. It was the 237th day of 1948, in week 35. 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. 309 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 August 24, 1948, will have the star sign Virgo.
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 9.
Native American Zodiac: August 24, 1948 falls under the Bear.
Birthstone: A person during the month of August will have the birthstone Peridot.
Birth flower (August): The Gladiolus and the Poppy.

News, nostalgia, and fads

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

What are your strengths and weaknesses?

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What happened around this time?

Notable events that happened close to August 24, 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.
This date: August 24, 1948

TV shows in 1948

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

The Ed Sullivan Show

Kids TV shows on August 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 August 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 August 24, 1954, instead.

Celebrity birthdays

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

Yasser Arafat

Palestinian leader Deceased
Born on August 24, 1929
He turned 19 on this day in 1948.

Vince McMahon

WWE owner
Born on August 24, 1945
He turned 3 on this day in 1948.

Pacho

Colombian drug trafficker Deceased
Born on August 24, 1951
He was born exactly 3 years after this date.

Reggie Miller

Basketball player
Born on August 24, 1965
He was born exactly 17 years after this date.

Gemma O'Doherty

Conspiracy theorist
Born on August 24, 1968
She was born exactly 20 years after this date.

Dave Chappelle

Comedian
Born on August 24, 1973
He was born exactly 25 years after this date.

Chad Michael Murray

Actor
Born on August 24, 1981
He was born exactly 33 years after this date.

Rupert Grint

Actor
Born on August 24, 1988
He was born exactly 40 years after this date.

Elizabeth Debicki

Australian actress
Born on August 24, 1990
She was born exactly 42 years after this date.

US President

Harry S. Truman was the President of the United States on August 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 August 24, 1948 was most likely conceived around December 2, 1947.
The due date for a baby that was conceived on August 24, 1948 is close to May 17, 1949.

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Statistics

Here are some interesting statistics about August 24, 1948:

27,849 days have passed since this date.
3,978 weeks have passed.
2,406,157,200 seconds have passed since August 24, 1948.
If you were born on this day, your heart has beat approximately 2,807,183,400 times.
Since then, the Earth has traveled approximately 1,241,577,115,200 miles through space.
If you were born on this day, your eyes have blinked approximately 401,026,200 times.
You have taken approximately 206,929,519 steps. That's roughly 91,969 miles.
28,873,886 meteors have entered the Earth's atmosphere.
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