Rewinding to Monday 10 February 1941…
Monday · Aylesbury, England, United Kingdom
Michael, you arrived on 10 February 1941 in Aylesbury.
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
Looking up the weather in Aylesbury…
02The sky that night
A waxing gibbous watched over you.
98% lit · 13.5 days into its cycle
Looking up from Aylesbury that evening, you could have spotted Jupiter and Saturn without a telescope.
It was winter in your half of the world.
The Moon was 233,178 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.
United Kingdom’s shop prices from 1941 aren’t in the records we use, so here is what the same basket cost in the US that day.
GENERAL STORE
PRICES IN THE U.S. · 1941-02-10
US national averages · ≈ = estimated from inflation
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
4,473 weeks of them
0
full moons
have risen since your first night
0.00B
miles traveled
85 laps around the Sun
06Born under
A Monday's child, under Aquarius.
Star sign
Aquarius
Air sign
Chinese zodiac
Snake
Metal Snake
Birthstone
Amethyst
for your month
Birth flower
Violet
for your month
Generation
Silent Generation
1928–1945
Day of the week
Monday
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