Rewinding to Monday, July 31, 1944…

Monday · Santa Monica, California, United States

The world on July 31, 1944 in Santa Monica.

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01The weather outside

A high of 91°F in Santa Monica.

91°F/ 33°C high

Low of 58°F · dry

The sun rose at 6:04 am and set at 7:55 pm — 13h 51m of daylight.

02The sky that night

A waxing gibbous watched over you.

85% lit · 11.1 days into its cycle

Looking up from Santa Monica that evening, you could have spotted Mars without a telescope.

It was summer in your half of the world.

The Moon was 234,194 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

SANTA MONICA · 1944-07-31

ITEM1944TODAYMinimum 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

4,292 weeks of them

0

full moons

have risen since your first night

0.00B

miles traveled

82 laps around the Sun

06Born under

A Monday's child, under Leo.

Star sign

Leo

Fire sign

Chinese zodiac

Monkey

Wood Monkey

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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