Rewinding to Sunday 5 October 1947…
Sunday · Dunston, England, United Kingdom
Brian, you arrived on 5 October 1947 in Dunston.
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
It was overcast in Dunston.
19°C/ 66°F high
Low of 5°C · dry · wind up to 6 mph
The sun rose at 06:09 and set at 17:29 — 11h 20m of daylight.
02The sky that night
A waning gibbous watched over you.
68% lit · 20.4 days into its cycle
No bright planets were above Dunston's horizon that evening — the moon had the sky to itself.
It was autumn in your half of the world.
The Moon was 231,864 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.
United Kingdom’s shop prices from 1947 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. · 1947-10-05
BREAD COSTS 15× WHAT IT DID
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
4,127 weeks of them
0
full moons
have risen since your first night
0.00B
miles traveled
79 laps around the Sun
06Born under
A Sunday's child, under Libra.
Star sign
Libra
Air sign
Chinese zodiac
Pig
Fire Pig
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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