April 15, 1949

April 15, 1949, was a Friday. It was 75 years and 5 days ago. The zodiac star sign for this date is Aries.

Facts

This date occurred 27,399 days ago. Approximately 913 months have passed. It was the 105th day of 1949, in week 15. The decade was the 1940s. People who were born on April 15, 1949, are now 75 years old and belong to the Baby Boomer generation. We have gone through approximately 304 seasons of weather since this date.

News, nostalgia, and fads

These are news stories, trending topics, and fads that were popular on April 15, 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 April 15, 1949.

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What happened around this time?

News stories, pop culture trends, and other events that happened around April 15, 1949.

April 4, 1949: NATO is created.
This date: April 15, 1949
April 17, 1949: Ireland officially leaves the British Commonwealth.
May 1, 1949: The state of Israel is recognized.

Zodiac

Zodiac, birthstone, and birth flower information.

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Zodiac Sign (Astrology): Anyone born on April 15, 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 6.
Native American Zodiac: April 15, 1949 falls under the Falcon.
Birthstone: A person during the month of April will have the birthstone Diamond.
Birth flower (April): The Daisy and the Sweet Pea.

TV series on April 15, 1949

TV audiences were watching the following shows on April 15, 1949:

Suspense

The Ed Sullivan Show

Cartoons and children's TV shows in April 1949

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

Tom and Jerry

Looney Tunes

Toys in 1949

Children were playing with the following toys and games:

Tonka trucks

Dimestore soldiers

Were you born on April 15, 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 April 15, 1955, instead.

Celebrity birthdays

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

Leonardo da Vinci

Artist Deceased
Born on April 15, 1452
He was not alive on this date.

Frank Vincent

Actor Deceased
Born on April 15, 1937
He turned 12 on this day in 1949.

Dodi Fayed

Film producer Deceased
Born on April 15, 1955
He was born exactly 6 years after this date.

Seth Rogen

Actor
Born on April 15, 1982
He was born exactly 33 years after this date.

Emma Watson

Actress
Born on April 15, 1990
She was born exactly 41 years after this date.

Maisie Williams

Actress
Born on April 15, 1997
She was born exactly 48 years after this date.

US President

Harry S. Truman was the President of the United States on April 15, 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 April 15, 1949 was most likely conceived around July 23, 1948.
The due date for a baby that was conceived on April 15, 1949 is close to January 6, 1950.

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Statistics

Here are some interesting statistics about April 15, 1949:

27,399 days have passed since this date.
3,914 weeks have passed.
2,367,273,600 seconds have passed since April 15, 1949.
If you were born on this day, your heart has beat approximately 2,761,819,200 times.
Since then, the Earth has traveled approximately 1,221,513,177,600 miles through space.
If you were born on this day, your eyes have blinked approximately 394,545,600 times.
You have taken approximately 203,585,530 steps. That's roughly 90,482 miles.
28,407,283 meteors have entered the Earth's atmosphere.
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