June 17, 1949

June 17, 1949, was a Friday. It was 75 years, 6 months, and 6 days ago. The zodiac star sign for this date is Gemini.

Facts

This date occurred 27,583 days ago. Approximately 919 months have passed. It was the 168th day of 1949, in week 24. The decade was the 1940s. People who were born on June 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 June 17, 1949, will have the star sign Gemini.
Zodiac Element: Air.
Chinese Zodiac Animal: In the Chinese Zodiac, 1949 was the year of the Ox (Yin Wood).
The Life Path Number for this date is 1.
Native American Zodiac: June 17, 1949 falls under the Deer.
Birthstone: A person during the month of June will have the birthstones Pearl and Alexandrite.
Birth flower (June): The Rose and the Honeysuckle.

News, nostalgia, and fads

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

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TV series on June 17, 1949

People in June 1949 were watching the following TV series:

Suspense

The Ed Sullivan Show

Cartoons and children's TV shows in June 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 June 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 June 17, 1955, instead.

Celebrity birthdays

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

Igor Stravinsky

Russian composer Deceased
Born on June 17, 1882
He turned 67 on this day in 1949.

Barry Manilow

Singer
Born on June 17, 1943
He turned 6 on this day in 1949.

Arabian Prince

Rapper
Born on June 17, 1965
He was born exactly 16 years after this date.

Venus Williams

Tennis player
Born on June 17, 1980
She was born exactly 31 years after this date.

Simone Battle

Singer Deceased
Born on June 17, 1989
She was born exactly 40 years after this date.

Holidays

National holidays and famous events that fall on June 17:

Icelandic National Day (Iceland)

US President

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

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Statistics

Here are some interesting statistics about June 17, 1949:

27,583 days have passed since this date.
3,940 weeks have passed.
2,383,174,800 seconds have passed since June 17, 1949.
If you were born on this day, your heart has beat approximately 2,780,370,600 times.
Since then, the Earth has traveled approximately 1,229,718,196,800 miles through space.
If you were born on this day, your eyes have blinked approximately 397,195,800 times.
You have taken approximately 204,953,033 steps. That's roughly 91,090 miles.
28,598,098 meteors have entered the Earth's atmosphere.
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