Rewinding to Thursday, May 26, 1949…
Thursday · Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States
The world on May 26, 1949 in Winston-Salem.
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
Looking up the weather in Winston-Salem…
02The sky that night
A new moon watched over you.
1% lit · 28.7 days into its cycle
Looking up from Winston-Salem that evening, you could have spotted Saturn without a telescope.
It was spring in your half of the world.
The Moon was 246,065 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
WINSTON-SALEM · 1949-05-26
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
4,041 weeks of them
0
full moons
have risen since your first night
0.00B
miles traveled
77 laps around the Sun
06Born under
A Thursday's child, under Gemini.
Star sign
Gemini
Air sign
Chinese zodiac
Ox
Earth Ox
Birthstone
Emerald
for your month
Birth flower
Lily of the valley
for your month
Generation
Baby Boomers
1946–1964
Day of the week
Thursday
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