Rewinding to Sunday, August 4, 1901…
Sunday · New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
The world on August 4, 1901 in New Orleans.
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
Before the weather records began.
Hourly climate records for this spot begin in 1940, so this day stays a little mysterious.
02The sky that night
A waning gibbous watched over you.
74% lit · 19.8 days into its cycle
Looking up from New Orleans that evening, you could have spotted Mars, Jupiter, Saturn without a telescope.
It was summer in your half of the world.
The Moon was 229,909 miles away — closer than usual.
03On every radio
Before the charts began.
The weekly singles chart we use begins in August 1958 — your day predates it.
04What a dollar bought
Your first receipt.
Price records couldn’t be reached just now — refresh in a moment.
05Your life in numbers
Since that day, you have lived…
0
seconds
and counting, right now
0
heartbeats
at a resting average of 80 a minute
0
breaths
give or take a few yawns
0
sunrises
6,536 weeks of them
0
full moons
have risen since your first night
0.00B
miles traveled
125 laps around the Sun
06Born under
A Sunday's child, under Leo.
Star sign
Leo
Fire sign
Chinese zodiac
Ox
Metal Ox
Birthstone
Peridot
for your month
Birth flower
Gladiolus
for your month
Generation
Greatest Generation
1901–1927
Day of the week
Sunday
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