Rewinding to Tuesday, December 14, 1948…

Tuesday · Kansas City, Kansas, United States

Dee, you arrived on December 14, 1948 in Kansas City.

Outside

High of 54°F

Moon

waxing gibbous

#1 song

Before the charts

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01The weather outside

A high of 54°F in Kansas City.

54°F/ 12°C high

Low of 40°F · 0.22 in of rain

The sun rose at 7:30 am and set at 4:56 pm — 9h 27m of daylight.

02The sky that night

A waxing gibbous watched over you.

98% lit · 13.5 days into its cycle

Looking up from Kansas City that evening, you could have spotted Uranus without a telescope.

It was winter in your half of the world.

The Moon was 237,628 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

KANSAS CITY · 1948-12-14

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≈$28,126$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…

seconds

and counting, right now

heartbeats

at a resting average of 80 a minute

breaths

give or take a few yawns

sunrises

4,064 weeks of them

full moons

have risen since your first night

0.00B

miles traveled

77 laps around the Sun

06Born under

A Tuesday's child, under Sagittarius.

Star sign

Sagittarius

Fire sign

Chinese zodiac

Rat

Earth Rat

Birthstone

Turquoise

for your month

Birth flower

Narcissus

for your month

Generation

Baby Boomers

1946–1964

Day of the week

Tuesday

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