March 21, 1949

March 21, 1949, was a Monday. It was 75 years, 8 months, and 1 day ago. The zodiac star sign for this date is Aries.

Facts

This date occurred 27,640 days ago. Approximately 921 months have passed. It was the 80th day of 1949, in week 12. The decade was the 1940s. People who were born on March 21, 1949, are now 75 years old and belong to the Baby Boomer generation. 307 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 March 21, 1949, will have the star sign Aries.
Zodiac Element: Fire.
Chinese Zodiac Animal: In the Chinese Zodiac, 1949 was the year of the Ox (Yin Wood).
The Life Path Number for this date is 11.
Native American Zodiac: March 21, 1949 falls under the Falcon.
Birthstone: A person during the month of March will have the birthstone Aquamarine.
Birth flower (March): The Daffodil and the Jonqui.

News, nostalgia, and fads

These are news stories, trending topics, and fads that were popular on March 21, 1949.

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 March 21, 1949.

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What happened around this time?

News stories, pop culture trends, and other events that happened around March 21, 1949.

This date: March 21, 1949
April 4, 1949: NATO is created.
April 17, 1949: Ireland officially leaves the British Commonwealth.

Television shows in March 1949

People in March 1949 were watching the following TV series:

Suspense

The Ed Sullivan Show

Cartoons and children's TV shows in March 1949

Children and teenagers were watching the following cartoons and TV series:

Tom and Jerry

Looney Tunes

Toys in 1949

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 March 21, 1949?

If you were born on this date, then it is unlikely that you will remember anything from the year 1949.

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 March 21, 1955, instead.

Celebrity birthdays

Celebrities, historical figures, and other notable people who were born on March 21.

Brian Clough

Football manager Deceased
Born on March 21, 1935
He turned 14 on this day in 1949.

Jair Bolsonaro

President of Brazil
Born on March 21, 1955
He was born exactly 6 years after this date.

Gary Oldman

Actor
Born on March 21, 1958
He was born exactly 9 years after this date.

Ayrton Senna

Race driver Deceased
Born on March 21, 1960
He was born exactly 11 years after this date.

Matthew Broderick

Actor
Born on March 21, 1962
He was born exactly 13 years after this date.

Kevin Federline

Backup dancer
Born on March 21, 1978
He was born exactly 29 years after this date.

Ronaldinho

Soccer player
Born on March 21, 1980
He was born exactly 31 years after this date.

Jordi Alba

Soccer player
Born on March 21, 1989
He was born exactly 40 years after this date.

US President

Harry S. Truman was the President of the United States on March 21, 1949.

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 March 21, 1949 was most likely conceived around June 28, 1948.
The due date for a baby that was conceived on March 21, 1949 is close to December 12, 1949.

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Statistics

Here are some interesting statistics about March 21, 1949:

27,640 days have passed since this date.
3,948 weeks have passed.
2,388,096,000 seconds have passed since March 21, 1949.
If you were born on this day, your heart has beat approximately 2,786,112,000 times.
Since then, the Earth has traveled approximately 1,232,257,536,000 miles through space.
If you were born on this day, your eyes have blinked approximately 398,016,000 times.
You have taken approximately 205,376,256 steps. That's roughly 91,278 miles.
28,657,152 meteors have entered the Earth's atmosphere.
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