Rewinding to Tuesday, June 30, 1942…
Tuesday · Wichita, Kansas, United States
Robert, you arrived on June 30, 1942 in Wichita.
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
It was drizzle in Wichita.
83°F/ 29°C high
Low of 67°F · 0.03 in of rain · wind up to 11 mph
The sun rose at 5:10 am and set at 7:55 pm — 14h 44m of daylight.
02The sky that night
A waning gibbous watched over you.
90% lit · 17.7 days into its cycle
Looking up from Wichita that evening, you could have spotted Mars without a telescope.
It was summer in your half of the world.
The Moon was 227,190 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.
GENERAL STORE
WICHITA · 1942-06-30
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
4,401 weeks of them
0
full moons
have risen since your first night
0.00B
miles traveled
84 laps around the Sun
06Born under
A Tuesday's child, under Cancer.
Star sign
Cancer
Water sign
Chinese zodiac
Horse
Water Horse
Birthstone
Pearl
for your month
Birth flower
Rose
for your month
Generation
Silent Generation
1928–1945
Day of the week
Tuesday
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