Rewinding to Wednesday, August 31, 1949…
Wednesday · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Richard, you arrived on August 31, 1949 in Philadelphia.
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
A high of 79°F in Philadelphia.
79°F/ 26°C high
Low of 67°F · 0.35 in of rain
The sun rose at 6:27 am and set at 7:33 pm — 13h 7m of daylight.
02The sky that night
A waxing gibbous watched over you.
64% lit · 8.7 days into its cycle
Looking up from Philadelphia that evening, you could have spotted Jupiter without a telescope.
It was summer in your half of the world.
The Moon was 236,793 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
PHILADELPHIA · 1949-08-31
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
4,027 weeks of them
0
full moons
have risen since your first night
0.00B
miles traveled
77 laps around the Sun
06Born under
A Wednesday's child, under Virgo.
Star sign
Virgo
Earth sign
Chinese zodiac
Ox
Earth Ox
Birthstone
Peridot
for your month
Birth flower
Gladiolus
for your month
Generation
Baby Boomers
1946–1964
Day of the week
Wednesday
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