Rewinding to Tuesday 29 June 1948…

Tuesday · Nottingham, England, United Kingdom

The world on 29 June 1948 in Nottingham.

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01The weather outside

A high of 13°C in Nottingham.

13°C/ 56°F high

Low of 7°C · 2.2 mm of rain

The sun rose at 04:41 and set at 21:33 — 16h 52m of daylight.

02The sky that night

A last quarter watched over you.

48% lit · 22.3 days into its cycle

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

It was summer in your half of the world.

The Moon was 247,732 miles 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. · 1948-06-29

ITEM1948TODAYLoaf of white breadper lb≈$0.13$1.83Dozen eggsgrade A large≈$0.16$2.27Gallon of milkwhole≈$0.29$4.11Gallon of gasregular unleaded≈$0.32$4.48Pound of coffeeground roast≈$0.67$9.33Minimum wagefederal, per hour$0.40$7.25Median new homeUS sale price≈$28,243$393,300Postage stampfirst-class letter$0.03$0.78

BREAD COSTS 14× 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

4,088 weeks of them

0

full moons

have risen since your first night

0.00B

miles traveled

78 laps around the Sun

06Born under

A Tuesday's child, under Cancer.

Star sign

Cancer

Water sign

Chinese zodiac

Rat

Earth Rat

Birthstone

Pearl

for your month

Birth flower

Rose

for your month

Generation

Baby Boomers

1946–1964

Day of the week

Tuesday

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