Monday, June 28, 1971 · Pretoria, South Africa
The world the day Elon Musk was born
Elon Musk, the entrepreneur, arrived on a Monday in Pretoria, South Africa. This is what was on the radio, in the sky and on the price tags that day.
#1 that week
“It's Too Late/I Feel The Earth Move”
Carole King
The moon
waxing crescent
Star sign
♋ Cancer
Year of the Pig
U.S. president
Richard Nixon
On every radio
The song at #1 the week Elon was born
“It's Too Late/I Feel The Earth Move” by Carole King topped the Billboard Hot 100 for 5 weeks, taking over from “Want Ads”.
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Cost of living
What things cost in 1971
U.S. averages for the year Elon Musk was born, next to the latest figures (Jul 2025).
- Postage stamp8¢ → 78¢ today (9.8×)
- Median new home$25,225 → $393,300 today (16×)
- Minimum wage$1.60 → $7.25 today (4.5×)
In the news
The year 1971
- Jan 25 · Charles Manson and four "Family" members (three of them female) are found guilty of the 1969 Tate–LaBianca murders.
- Feb 9 · An earthquake registering 6.6 Mw struck the northern San Fernando Valley near the Los Angeles district of Sylmar, killing 65 people.
- Apr 19 · Charles Manson is sentenced to death (later commuted to life imprisonment) for conspiracy in the Tate–LaBianca murders.
- Jun 6 · Hughes Airwest Flight 706 collided with a US Marine Corps jet near Duarte, California, killing 50 people.
- Jun 13 · The New York Times published the first excerpts from the Pentagon Papers, a 7,000-page classified Department of Defense history of the United States' political and military involvement in the Vietnam War.
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Questions
When was Elon Musk born?
Elon Musk was born on Monday, June 28, 1971, in Pretoria, South Africa.
What day of the week was Elon Musk born?
A Monday. June 28, 1971 fell on a Monday.
What was the #1 song when Elon Musk was born?
“It's Too Late/I Feel The Earth Move” by Carole King was number one on the Billboard Hot 100 the week Elon Musk was born. It spent 5 weeks at #1.
What is Elon Musk’s zodiac sign?
Elon Musk is a Cancer (born Jun 28), and was born in the Chinese year of the Pig.
What was the moon like when Elon Musk was born?
A waxing crescent moon, about 33% lit, on the night of June 28, 1971.
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