August 9, 1949

August 9, 1949, was a Tuesday. It was 75 years, 3 months, and 6 days ago. The zodiac star sign for this date is Leo.

Facts

This date occurred 27,492 days ago. Approximately 916 months have passed. It was the 221st day of 1949, in week 32. The decade was the 1940s. People who were born on August 9, 1949, are now 75 years old and belong to the Baby Boomer generation. The Earth has experienced 305 seasons of weather since then.

Zodiac

Zodiac, birthstone, and birth flower information.

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Zodiac Sign (Astrology): Anyone born on August 9, 1949, will have the star sign Leo.
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 22.
Native American Zodiac: August 9, 1949 falls under the Salmon.
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 9, 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 August 9, 1949.

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What happened around this time?

News stories, pop culture trends, and other events that happened around August 9, 1949.

September 1, 1949: The song "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" is released by Gene Autry.

Television shows in August 1949

The following TV shows were popular in August 1949:

Suspense

The Ed Sullivan Show

Cartoons and children's TV shows in August 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 August 9, 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 August 9, 1955, instead.

Celebrity birthdays

Celebrities, historical figures, and other notable people who were born on August 9.

Whitney Houston

Singer Deceased
Born on August 9, 1963
She was born exactly 14 years after this date.

Gillian Anderson

Actress
Born on August 9, 1968
She was born exactly 19 years after this date.

Anna Kendrick

Actress
Born on August 9, 1985
She was born exactly 36 years after this date.

King Von

Rapper Deceased
Born on August 9, 1994
He was born exactly 45 years after this date.

US President

Harry S. Truman was the President of the United States on August 9, 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 August 9, 1949 was most likely conceived around November 16, 1948.
The due date for a baby that was conceived on August 9, 1949 is close to May 2, 1950.

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Statistics

Here are some interesting statistics about August 9, 1949:

27,492 days have passed since this date.
3,927 weeks have passed.
2,375,312,400 seconds have passed since August 9, 1949.
If you were born on this day, your heart has beat approximately 2,771,197,800 times.
Since then, the Earth has traveled approximately 1,225,661,198,400 miles through space.
If you were born on this day, your eyes have blinked approximately 395,885,400 times.
You have taken approximately 204,276,866 steps. That's roughly 90,790 miles.
28,503,749 meteors have entered the Earth's atmosphere.
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