September 17, 1949

September 17, 1949, was a Saturday. It was 75 years, 3 months, and 5 days ago. The zodiac star sign for this date is Virgo.

What happened on this date?

Notable events that occurred on September 17, 1949:

Cartoon characters Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner make their first appearance.

Facts

This date occurred 27,490 days ago. Approximately 916 months have passed. It was the 260th day of 1949, in week 37. The decade was the 1940s. People who were born on September 17, 1949, are now 75 years old and belong to the Baby Boomer generation. We have gone through approximately 305 seasons of weather since this date.

Zodiac

Zodiac, birthstone, and birth flower information.

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Zodiac Sign (Astrology): Anyone born on September 17, 1949, will have the star sign Virgo.
Zodiac Element: Earth.
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: September 17, 1949 falls under the Bear.
Birthstone: A person during the month of September will have the birthstone Sapphire.
Birth flower (September): The Aster and the Morning Glory.

News, nostalgia, and fads

These are news stories, trending topics, and fads that were popular on September 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 September 17, 1949.

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What happened around this time?

News stories, pop culture trends, and other events that happened around September 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.
This date: September 17, 1949

TV series on September 17, 1949

People in September 1949 were watching the following TV series:

The Lone Ranger

Suspense

The Ed Sullivan Show

Cartoons and children's TV shows in September 1949

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

Jim and Judy in Teleland

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 September 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 September 17, 1955, instead.

Celebrity birthdays

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

Hank Williams

Singer Deceased
Born on September 17, 1923
He turned 26 on this day in 1949.

John Ritter

Actor Deceased
Born on September 17, 1948
He turned 1 on this day in 1949.

Keith Flint

The Prodigy member Deceased
Born on September 17, 1969
He was born exactly 20 years after this date.

Patrick Mahomes II

NFL player
Born on September 17, 1995
He was born exactly 46 years after this date.

US President

Harry S. Truman was the President of the United States on September 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 September 17, 1949 was most likely conceived around December 25, 1948.
The due date for a baby that was conceived on September 17, 1949 is close to June 10, 1950.

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Statistics

Here are some interesting statistics about September 17, 1949:

27,490 days have passed since this date.
3,927 weeks have passed.
2,375,139,600 seconds have passed since September 17, 1949.
If you were born on this day, your heart has beat approximately 2,770,996,200 times.
Since then, the Earth has traveled approximately 1,225,572,033,600 miles through space.
If you were born on this day, your eyes have blinked approximately 395,856,600 times.
You have taken approximately 204,262,006 steps. That's roughly 90,783 miles.
28,501,675 meteors have entered the Earth's atmosphere.
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