December 21, 1949

December 21, 1949, was a Wednesday. It was 74 years, 10 months, and 25 days ago. The zodiac star sign for this date is Sagittarius.

Facts

This date occurred 27,358 days ago. Approximately 912 months have passed. It was the 355th day of 1949, in week 51. The decade was the 1940s. The start of 1950 was just 10 days away. People who were born on December 21, 1949, are now 74 years old and belong to the Baby Boomer generation. 304 seasons of weather have come and gone since then.

Zodiac

Zodiac, birthstone, and birth flower information.

Personality summary image

Zodiac Sign (Astrology): Anyone born on December 21, 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 11.
Native American Zodiac: December 21, 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 21, 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 21, 1949.

What are your strengths and weaknesses?

View Personality Summary

What happened around this time?

News stories, pop culture trends, and other events that happened around December 21, 1949.

This date: December 21, 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.
January 13, 1950: The romantic biblical drama film "Samson and Delilah" is released.
January 17, 1950: The "Great Brink's Robbery" takes place when armed robbers steal $2.7 million from the Brink's Building in Boston.

Television shows in December 1949

People in December 1949 were watching the following TV series:

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

If you were a child on this date, then you may have had some of the following toys:

Foto-Electric Baseball

Tonka trucks

Dimestore soldiers

Were you born on December 21, 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 21, 1955, instead.

Celebrity birthdays

Celebrities, historical figures, and other notable people who were born on December 21.

Jane Fonda

Actress
Born on December 21, 1937
She turned 12 on this day in 1949.

Frank Zappa

Musician Deceased
Born on December 21, 1940
He turned 9 on this day in 1949.

Samuel L. Jackson

Actor
Born on December 21, 1948
He turned 1 on this day in 1949.

Jane Kaczmarek

Actress
Born on December 21, 1955
She was born exactly 6 years after this date.

Ray Romano

Actor
Born on December 21, 1957
He was born exactly 8 years after this date.

Kiefer Sutherland

Actor
Born on December 21, 1966
He was born exactly 17 years after this date.

Emmanuel Macron

French president
Born on December 21, 1977
He was born exactly 28 years after this date.

The King of Random

Youtube personality Deceased
Born on December 21, 1980
He was born exactly 31 years after this date.

Steven Yeun

Actor
Born on December 21, 1983
He was born exactly 34 years after this date.

Kaitlyn Dever

Actress
Born on December 21, 1996
She was born exactly 47 years after this date.

Ben Chilwell

Soccer player
Born on December 21, 1996
He was born exactly 47 years after this date.

US President

Harry S. Truman was the President of the United States on December 21, 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 21, 1949 was most likely conceived around March 30, 1949.
The due date for a baby that was conceived on December 21, 1949 is close to September 13, 1950.

Submit a comment

Have something to say about this date? Was it your birthday? Or perhaps you have a memory of it?

Your name

Write something about this date

All comments are moderated. Our system may automatically edit comments to correct misspellings and grammar. We may also remove or redact personal information.

How old was I?

Find out what your age was on December 21, 1949, by entering your date of birth below.
This information is not sent to our server.

Statistics

Here are some interesting statistics about December 21, 1949:

27,358 days have passed since this date.
3,908 weeks have passed.
2,363,731,200 seconds have passed since December 21, 1949.
If you were born on this day, your heart has beat approximately 2,757,686,400 times.
Since then, the Earth has traveled approximately 1,219,685,299,200 miles through space.
If you were born on this day, your eyes have blinked approximately 393,955,200 times.
You have taken approximately 203,280,883 steps. That's roughly 90,347 miles.
28,364,774 meteors have entered the Earth's atmosphere.
How many years ago was 1949?

Search

It looks like you have reached the end. Try searching for another date.

Random dates

Check out some of these random dates.