April 16, 1949

April 16, 1949, was a Saturday. It was 75 years, 6 months, and 29 days ago. The zodiac star sign for this date is Aries.

Facts

This date was 27,607 days ago. Approximately 920 months have passed. It was the 106th day of 1949, in week 15. The decade was the 1940s. People born on this day are currently 75 years old and belong to the Baby Boomer generation. We have gone through approximately 307 seasons of weather since this date.

Zodiac

Zodiac, birthstone, and birth flower information.

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Zodiac Sign (Astrology): Anyone born on April 16, 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 7.
Native American Zodiac: April 16, 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.

News, nostalgia, and fads

These are news stories, trending topics, and fads that were popular on April 16, 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 16, 1949.

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What happened around this time?

Notable events that happened close to April 16, 1949.

April 4, 1949: NATO is created.
This date: April 16, 1949
April 17, 1949: Ireland officially leaves the British Commonwealth.
May 1, 1949: The state of Israel is recognized.

TV series on April 16, 1949

TV audiences were watching the following shows on April 16, 1949:

Suspense

The Ed Sullivan Show

Kids TV shows on April 16, 1949

Cartoons and TV shows that children and teenagers were watching on this day in 1949:

Tom and Jerry

Looney Tunes

Popular toys and games in 1949

Toys and games that were popular in 1949:

Tonka trucks

Dimestore soldiers

Were you born on April 16, 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 16, 1955, instead.

Celebrity birthdays

Celebrities, historical figures, and other notable people who were born on April 16.

Charlie Chaplin

Actor Deceased
Born on April 16, 1889
He turned 60 on this day in 1949.

Pope Benedict XVI

Pope Deceased
Born on April 16, 1927
He turned 22 on this day in 1949.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Basketball player
Born on April 16, 1947
He turned 2 on this day in 1949.

Jon Cryer

Actor
Born on April 16, 1965
He was born exactly 16 years after this date.

Martin Lawrence

Actor
Born on April 16, 1965
He was born exactly 16 years after this date.

Selena

Latin singer Deceased
Born on April 16, 1971
She was born exactly 22 years after this date.

Akon

Rapper
Born on April 16, 1973
He was born exactly 24 years after this date.

Chance the Rapper

Rap star
Born on April 16, 1993
He was born exactly 44 years after this date.

Anya Taylor-Joy

Actress
Born on April 16, 1996
She was born exactly 47 years after this date.

Sadie Sink

Actress
Born on April 16, 2002
She was born exactly 53 years after this date.

US President

Harry S. Truman was the President of the United States on April 16, 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 16, 1949 was most likely conceived around July 24, 1948.
The due date for a baby that was conceived on April 16, 1949 is close to January 7, 1950.

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Statistics

Here are some interesting statistics about April 16, 1949:

27,607 days have passed since this date.
3,943 weeks have passed.
2,385,248,400 seconds have passed since April 16, 1949.
If you were born on this day, your heart has beat approximately 2,782,789,800 times.
Since then, the Earth has traveled approximately 1,230,788,174,400 miles through space.
If you were born on this day, your eyes have blinked approximately 397,541,400 times.
You have taken approximately 205,131,362 steps. That's roughly 91,169 miles.
28,622,981 meteors have entered the Earth's atmosphere.
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