Rewinding to Wednesday 23 January 1946…

Wednesday · Moscow, Russia

Boris, you arrived on 23 January 1946 in Moscow.

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01The weather outside

A high of -7°C in Moscow.

-7°C/ 19°F high

Low of -12°C · 0.8 mm of rain

The sun rose at 08:39 and set at 16:43 — 8h 3m of daylight.

02The sky that night

A waning gibbous watched over you.

64% lit · 20.8 days into its cycle

Looking up from Moscow that evening, you could have spotted Mars and Saturn without a telescope.

It was winter in your half of the world.

The Moon was 400,231 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.

GENERAL STORE

PRICES IN THE U.S. · 1946-01-23

ITEM1946TODAYMinimum wagefederal, per hour$0.40$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

4,215 weeks of them

0

full moons

have risen since your first night

0.00B

km travelled

80 laps around the Sun

06Born under

A Wednesday's child, under Aquarius.

Star sign

Aquarius

Air sign

Chinese zodiac

Rooster

Wood Rooster

Birthstone

Garnet

for your month

Birth flower

Carnation

for your month

Generation

Baby Boomers

1946–1964

Day of the week

Wednesday

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