Rewinding to Tuesday, November 21, 1944…
Tuesday · Chicago, Illinois, United States
Harold, you arrived on November 21, 1944 in Chicago.
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
A high of 41°F in Chicago.
41°F/ 5°C high
Low of 35°F · dry
The sun rose at 7:47 am and set at 5:25 pm — 9h 38m of daylight.
02The sky that night
A waxing crescent watched over you.
36% lit · 6.1 days into its cycle
Looking up from Chicago that evening, you could have spotted Saturn without a telescope.
It was autumn in your half of the world.
The Moon was 233,534 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
CHICAGO · 1944-11-21
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
4,276 weeks of them
0
full moons
have risen since your first night
0.00B
miles traveled
81 laps around the Sun
06Born under
A Tuesday's child, under Scorpio.
Star sign
Scorpio
Water sign
Chinese zodiac
Monkey
Wood Monkey
Birthstone
Topaz
for your month
Birth flower
Chrysanthemum
for your month
Generation
Silent Generation
1928–1945
Day of the week
Tuesday
And so much more you’d never guess or remember.
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