December 13, 1949

December 13, 1949, was a Tuesday. It was 75 years and 9 days ago. The zodiac star sign for this date is Sagittarius.

Facts

This date occurred 27,403 days ago. Approximately 913 months have passed. It was the 347th day of 1949, in week 50. The decade was the 1940s. The end of 1949 was just 18 days away. People who were born on December 13, 1949, are now 75 years old and belong to the Baby Boomer generation. We have gone through approximately 304 seasons of weather since this date.

Zodiac

Zodiac, birthstone, and birth flower information.

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Zodiac Sign (Astrology): Anyone born on December 13, 1949, will have the star sign Sagittarius.
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: December 13, 1949 falls under the Owl.
Birthstone: A person during the month of December will have the birthstones Tanzanite, Zircon and Turquoise.
Birth flower (December): The Narcissus and the Holly.

News, nostalgia, and fads

These are news stories, trending topics, and fads that were popular on December 13, 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 December 13, 1949.

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What happened around this time?

News stories, pop culture trends, and other events that happened around December 13, 1949.

This date: December 13, 1949
January 7, 1950: 41 patients die after a fire breaks out at Mercy Hospital in Davenport, Iowa.
January 12, 1950: 64 people die after a British submarine collides with the Swedish oil tanker Divina.

TV series on December 13, 1949

TV audiences were watching the following shows on December 13, 1949:

The Lone Ranger

Suspense

The Ed Sullivan Show

Cartoons and children's TV shows in December 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:

Foto-Electric Baseball

Tonka trucks

Dimestore soldiers

Were you born on December 13, 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 December 13, 1955, instead.

Celebrity birthdays

Celebrities, historical figures, and other notable people who were born on December 13.

Dick Van Dyke

Actor
Born on December 13, 1925
He turned 24 on this day in 1949.

Herman Cain

Businessman and Tea Party activist Deceased
Born on December 13, 1945
He turned 4 on this day in 1949.

Steve Buscemi

Actor
Born on December 13, 1957
He was born exactly 8 years after this date.

Jamie Foxx

Actor
Born on December 13, 1967
He was born exactly 18 years after this date.

Tom DeLonge

Blink-182
Born on December 13, 1975
He was born exactly 26 years after this date.

Taylor Swift

Singer
Born on December 13, 1989
She was born exactly 40 years after this date.

Holidays

National holidays and famous events that fall on December 13:

Saint Lucy's Day

US President

Harry S. Truman was the President of the United States on December 13, 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 December 13, 1949 was most likely conceived around March 22, 1949.
The due date for a baby that was conceived on December 13, 1949 is close to September 5, 1950.

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Statistics

Here are some interesting statistics about December 13, 1949:

27,403 days have passed since this date.
3,914 weeks have passed.
2,367,619,200 seconds have passed since December 13, 1949.
If you were born on this day, your heart has beat approximately 2,762,222,400 times.
Since then, the Earth has traveled approximately 1,221,691,507,200 miles through space.
If you were born on this day, your eyes have blinked approximately 394,603,200 times.
You have taken approximately 203,615,251 steps. That's roughly 90,496 miles.
28,411,430 meteors have entered the Earth's atmosphere.
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