Rewinding to Monday 26 July 1943…
Monday · Dartford, England, United Kingdom
The world on 26 July 1943 in Dartford.
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
A high of 26°C in Dartford.
26°C/ 79°F high
Low of 12°C · dry
The sun rose at 06:12 and set at 21:57 — 15h 45m of daylight.
02The sky that night
A waning crescent watched over you.
25% lit · 24.7 days into its cycle
Looking up from Dartford that evening, you could have spotted Mercury, Venus, Jupiter without a telescope.
It was summer in your half of the world.
The Moon was 246,233 miles away — farther 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 1943 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. · 1943-07-26
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
4,345 weeks of them
0
full moons
have risen since your first night
0.00B
miles traveled
83 laps around the Sun
06Born under
A Monday's child, under Leo.
Star sign
Leo
Fire sign
Chinese zodiac
Goat
Water Goat
Birthstone
Ruby
for your month
Birth flower
Larkspur
for your month
Generation
Silent Generation
1928–1945
Day of the week
Monday
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