August 11, 1949

August 11, 1949, was a Thursday. It was 74 years, 8 months, and 8 days ago. The zodiac star sign for this date is Leo.

Facts

This date occurred 27,280 days ago. Approximately 909 months have passed. It was the 223rd day of 1949, in week 32. The decade was the 1940s. People who were born on August 11, 1949, are now 74 years old and belong to the Baby Boomer generation. We have gone through approximately 303 seasons of weather since this date.

News, nostalgia, and fads

These are news stories, trending topics, and fads that were popular on August 11, 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 11, 1949.

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What happened around this time?

News stories, pop culture trends, and other events that happened around August 11, 1949.

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

Zodiac

Zodiac, birthstone, and birth flower information.

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Zodiac Sign (Astrology): Anyone born on August 11, 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 6.
Native American Zodiac: August 11, 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.

TV series on August 11, 1949

TV audiences were watching the following shows on August 11, 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 11, 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 11, 1955, instead.

Celebrity birthdays

Celebrities, historical figures, and other notable people who were born on August 11.

Hulk Hogan

Wrestler
Born on August 11, 1953
He was born exactly 4 years after this date.

Embeth Davidtz

Actress
Born on August 11, 1965
She was born exactly 16 years after this date.

Joe Rogan

Podcast host
Born on August 11, 1967
He was born exactly 18 years after this date.

Chris Hemsworth

Australian actor
Born on August 11, 1983
He was born exactly 34 years after this date.

US President

Harry S. Truman was the President of the United States on August 11, 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 11, 1949 was most likely conceived around November 18, 1948.
The due date for a baby that was conceived on August 11, 1949 is close to May 4, 1950.

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Statistics

Here are some interesting statistics about August 11, 1949:

27,280 days have passed since this date.
3,897 weeks have passed.
2,356,992,000 seconds have passed since August 11, 1949.
If you were born on this day, your heart has beat approximately 2,749,824,000 times.
Since then, the Earth has traveled approximately 1,216,207,872,000 miles through space.
If you were born on this day, your eyes have blinked approximately 392,832,000 times.
You have taken approximately 202,701,312 steps. That's roughly 90,089 miles.
28,283,904 meteors have entered the Earth's atmosphere.
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