Rewinding to Sunday, August 5, 1945…
Sunday · Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States
The world on August 5, 1945 in Saint Paul.
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
A high of 83°F in Saint Paul.
83°F/ 28°C high
Low of 62°F · dry
The sun rose at 6:01 am and set at 8:33 pm — 14h 32m of daylight.
02The sky that night
A waning crescent watched over you.
4% lit · 27.6 days into its cycle
Looking up from Saint Paul that evening, you could have spotted Jupiter without a telescope.
It was summer in your half of the world.
The Moon was 236,698 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
SAINT PAUL · 1945-08-05
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
4,240 weeks of them
0
full moons
have risen since your first night
0.00B
miles traveled
81 laps around the Sun
06Born under
A Sunday's child, under Leo.
Star sign
Leo
Fire sign
Chinese zodiac
Rooster
Wood Rooster
Birthstone
Peridot
for your month
Birth flower
Gladiolus
for your month
Generation
Silent Generation
1928–1945
Day of the week
Sunday
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