December 25, 1949

December 25, 1949, was a Sunday. It was 74 years, 3 months, and 24 days ago. The zodiac star sign for this date is Capricorn.

Facts

This date occurred 27,144 days ago. Approximately 905 months have passed. It was the 359th day of 1949, in week 51. The decade was the 1940s. The start of 1950 was just 6 days away. People who were born on December 25, 1949, are now 74 years old and belong to the Baby Boomer generation. 302 seasons of weather have come and gone since then.

News, nostalgia, and fads

These are news stories, trending topics, and fads that were popular on December 25, 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 25, 1949.

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What happened around this time?

News stories, pop culture trends, and other events that happened around December 25, 1949.

This date: December 25, 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.
January 21, 1950: English novelist George Orwell passes away.

Zodiac

Zodiac, birthstone, and birth flower information.

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Zodiac Sign (Astrology): Anyone born on December 25, 1949, will have the star sign Capricorn.
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 6.
Native American Zodiac: December 25, 1949 falls under the Goose.
Birthstone: A person during the month of December will have the birthstones Tanzanite, Zircon and Turquoise.
Birth flower (December): The Narcissus and the Holly.

Television shows in December 1949

In December 1949, TV audiences were watching the following 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 25, 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 25, 1955, instead.

Celebrity birthdays

Celebrities, historical figures, and other notable people who were born on December 25.

Humphrey Bogart

Actor Deceased
Born on December 25, 1899
He turned 50 on this day in 1949.

Jimmy Buffett

Singer Deceased
Born on December 25, 1946
He turned 3 on this day in 1949.

Annie Lennox

Singer
Born on December 25, 1954
She was born exactly 5 years after this date.

Shane MacGowan

Singer Deceased
Born on December 25, 1957
He was born exactly 8 years after this date.

Dido

Singer
Born on December 25, 1971
She was born exactly 22 years after this date.

Justin Trudeau

Canadian Prime Minister
Born on December 25, 1971
He was born exactly 22 years after this date.

Jeremy Strong

Actor
Born on December 25, 1978
He was born exactly 29 years after this date.

Adut Akech

Model
Born on December 25, 1999
She was born exactly 50 years after this date.

Holidays

National holidays and famous events that fall on December 25:

Christmas Day

US President

Harry S. Truman was the President of the United States on December 25, 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 25, 1949 was most likely conceived around April 3, 1949.
The due date for a baby that was conceived on December 25, 1949 is close to September 17, 1950.

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Statistics

Here are some interesting statistics about December 25, 1949:

27,144 days have passed since this date.
3,877 weeks have passed.
2,345,238,000 seconds have passed since December 25, 1949.
If you were born on this day, your heart has beat approximately 2,736,111,000 times.
Since then, the Earth has traveled approximately 1,210,142,808,000 miles through space.
If you were born on this day, your eyes have blinked approximately 390,873,000 times.
You have taken approximately 201,690,468 steps. That's roughly 89,640 miles.
28,142,856 meteors have entered the Earth's atmosphere.
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