Rewinding to Friday, November 5, 1943…
Friday · Fort Sheridan, Illinois, United States
The world on November 5, 1943 in Fort Sheridan.
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
A high of 51°F in Fort Sheridan.
51°F/ 10°C high
Low of 39°F · 0.03 in of rain
The sun rose at 7:28 am and set at 5:40 pm — 10h 13m of daylight.
02The sky that night
A waxing gibbous watched over you.
61% lit · 8.4 days into its cycle
Looking up from Fort Sheridan that evening, you could have spotted Mars and Saturn without a telescope.
It was autumn in your half of the world.
The Moon was 229,848 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
FORT SHERIDAN · 1943-11-05
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
4,331 weeks of them
0
full moons
have risen since your first night
0.00B
miles traveled
83 laps around the Sun
06Born under
A Friday's child, under Scorpio.
Star sign
Scorpio
Water sign
Chinese zodiac
Goat
Water Goat
Birthstone
Topaz
for your month
Birth flower
Chrysanthemum
for your month
Generation
Silent Generation
1928–1945
Day of the week
Friday
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