Rewinding to Tuesday 23 September 1941…
Tuesday · Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
The world on 23 September 1941 in Durban.
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
A high of 28°C in Durban.
28°C/ 83°F high
Low of 17°C · 2.7 mm of rain
The sun rose at 05:44 and set at 17:52 — 12h 7m of daylight.
02The sky that night
A waxing crescent watched over you.
9% lit · 2.9 days into its cycle
Looking up from Durban that evening, you could have spotted Mars without a telescope.
It was spring in your half of the world.
The Moon was 363,194 km 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.
South Africa’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. · 1941-09-23
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
4,441 weeks of them
0
full moons
have risen since your first night
0.00B
km travelled
85 laps around the Sun
06Born under
A Tuesday's child, under Libra.
Star sign
Libra
Air sign
Chinese zodiac
Snake
Metal Snake
Birthstone
Sapphire
for your month
Birth flower
Aster
for your month
Generation
Silent Generation
1928–1945
Day of the week
Tuesday
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