Rewinding to Sunday 1 February 1942…

Sunday · Colwyn Bay, Wales, United Kingdom

Terry, you arrived on 1 February 1942 in Colwyn Bay.

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01The weather outside

Looking up the weather in Colwyn Bay…

02The sky that night

A full moon watched over you.

100% lit · 15.2 days into its cycle

Looking up from Colwyn Bay that evening, you could have spotted Mars, Jupiter, Saturn without a telescope.

It was winter in your half of the world.

The Moon was 242,295 miles away, right about average.

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.

GENERAL STORE

PRICES IN THE U.S. · 1942-02-01

ITEM1942TODAYMinimum wagefederal, per hour$0.30$7.25Postage stampfirst-class letter$0.03$0.78

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

4,423 weeks of them

0

full moons

have risen since your first night

0.00B

miles traveled

84 laps around the Sun

06Born under

A Sunday'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

Sunday

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