Rewinding to Sunday 27 October 1946…
Sunday · Komárno, Nitra Region, Slovakia
The world on 27 October 1946 in Komárno.
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
It was drizzle in Komárno.
7°C/ 45°F high
Low of -1°C · 2.6 mm of rain · wind up to 26 km/h
The sun rose at 06:24 and set at 16:36 — 10h 12m of daylight.
02The sky that night
A waxing crescent watched over you.
7% lit · 2.6 days into its cycle
No bright planets were above Komárno's horizon that evening — the moon had the sky to itself.
It was autumn in your half of the world.
The Moon was 404,408 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.
Slovakia’s shop prices from 1946 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. · 1946-10-27
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
4,176 weeks of them
0
full moons
have risen since your first night
0.00B
km travelled
80 laps around the Sun
06Born under
A Sunday's child, under Scorpio.
Star sign
Scorpio
Water sign
Chinese zodiac
Dog
Fire Dog
Birthstone
Opal
for your month
Birth flower
Marigold
for your month
Generation
Baby Boomers
1946–1964
Day of the week
Sunday
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