Rewinding to Sunday 9 January 1944…
Sunday · Heston, England, United Kingdom
The world on 9 January 1944 in Heston.
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
A high of 10°C in Heston.
10°C/ 50°F high
Low of 7°C · 6.6 mm of rain
The sun rose at 09:05 and set at 17:11 — 8h 7m of daylight.
02The sky that night
A full moon watched over you.
100% lit · 14.2 days into its cycle
Looking up from Heston that evening, you could have spotted Mars and Saturn without a telescope.
It was winter in your half of the world.
The Moon was 248,338 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 1944 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. · 1944-01-09
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
4,322 weeks of them
0
full moons
have risen since your first night
0.00B
miles traveled
82 laps around the Sun
06Born under
A Sunday's child, under Capricorn.
Star sign
Capricorn
Earth sign
Chinese zodiac
Goat
Water Goat
Birthstone
Garnet
for your month
Birth flower
Carnation
for your month
Generation
Silent Generation
1928–1945
Day of the week
Sunday
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