August 17, 1949

August 17, 1949, was a Wednesday. It was 75 years, 4 months, and 2 days ago. The zodiac star sign for this date is Leo.

Facts

This date occurred 27,518 days ago. Approximately 917 months have passed. It was the 229th day of 1949, in week 33. The decade was the 1940s. People who were born on August 17, 1949, are now 75 years old and belong to the Baby Boomer generation. We have gone through approximately 306 seasons of weather since this date.

Zodiac

Zodiac, birthstone, and birth flower information.

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Zodiac Sign (Astrology): Anyone born on August 17, 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 3.
Native American Zodiac: August 17, 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 17, 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 17, 1949.

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What happened around this time?

News stories, pop culture trends, and other events that happened around August 17, 1949.

This date: August 17, 1949
September 1, 1949: The song "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" is released by Gene Autry.
September 15, 1949: The first episode of The Lone Ranger is aired.

TV series on August 17, 1949

People in August 1949 were watching the following TV series:

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 17, 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 17, 1955, instead.

Celebrity birthdays

Celebrities, historical figures, and other notable people who were born on August 17.

Robert De Niro

Actor
Born on August 17, 1943
He turned 6 on this day in 1949.

David Koresh

Cult leader Deceased
Born on August 17, 1959
He was born exactly 10 years after this date.

Sean Penn

Actor
Born on August 17, 1960
He was born exactly 11 years after this date.

Scott Halberstadt

Actor
Born on August 17, 1976
He was born exactly 27 years after this date.

Thierry Henry

French soccer player
Born on August 17, 1977
He was born exactly 28 years after this date.

James Tindale

Geordie Shore
Born on August 17, 1990
He was born exactly 41 years after this date.

Austin Butler

Actor
Born on August 17, 1991
He was born exactly 42 years after this date.

Paige

Wrestler
Born on August 17, 1992
She was born exactly 43 years after this date.

Lil Pump

Rapper
Born on August 17, 2000
He was born exactly 51 years after this date.

The Kid Laroi

Australian singer
Born on August 17, 2003
He was born exactly 54 years after this date.

US President

Harry S. Truman was the President of the United States on August 17, 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 17, 1949 was most likely conceived around November 24, 1948.
The due date for a baby that was conceived on August 17, 1949 is close to May 10, 1950.

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Statistics

Here are some interesting statistics about August 17, 1949:

27,518 days have passed since this date.
3,931 weeks have passed.
2,377,558,800 seconds have passed since August 17, 1949.
If you were born on this day, your heart has beat approximately 2,773,818,600 times.
Since then, the Earth has traveled approximately 1,226,820,340,800 miles through space.
If you were born on this day, your eyes have blinked approximately 396,259,800 times.
You have taken approximately 204,470,057 steps. That's roughly 90,876 miles.
28,530,706 meteors have entered the Earth's atmosphere.
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