Rewinding to Saturday 14 October 1944…
Saturday · Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
The world on 14 October 1944 in Cologne.
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
A high of 16°C in Cologne.
16°C/ 62°F high
Low of 8°C · dry
The sun rose at 06:53 and set at 17:42 — 10h 49m of daylight.
02The sky that night
A waning crescent watched over you.
5% lit · 27.4 days into its cycle
No bright planets were above Cologne's horizon that evening — the moon had the sky to itself.
It was autumn in your half of the world.
The Moon was 406,216 km 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.
Germany’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. · 1944-10-14
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
4,282 weeks of them
0
full moons
have risen since your first night
0.00B
km travelled
82 laps around the Sun
06Born under
A Saturday's child, under Libra.
Star sign
Libra
Air sign
Chinese zodiac
Monkey
Wood Monkey
Birthstone
Opal
for your month
Birth flower
Marigold
for your month
Generation
Silent Generation
1928–1945
Day of the week
Saturday
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