Rewinding to Monday 13 February 1950…
Monday · Chobham, England, United Kingdom
The world on 13 February 1950 in Chobham.
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
It was light rain in Chobham.
8°C/ 47°F high
Low of 0°C · 5.2 mm of rain · wind up to 21 mph
The sun rose at 07:21 and set at 17:13 — 9h 52m of daylight.
02The sky that night
A waning crescent watched over you.
11% lit · 26.5 days into its cycle
Looking up from Chobham that evening, you could have spotted Saturn without a telescope.
It was winter in your half of the world.
The Moon was 236,439 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.
United Kingdom’s shop prices from 1950 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. · 1950-02-13
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
4,003 weeks of them
0
full moons
have risen since your first night
0.00B
miles traveled
76 laps around the Sun
06Born under
A Monday's child, under Aquarius.
Star sign
Aquarius
Air sign
Chinese zodiac
Ox
Earth Ox
Birthstone
Amethyst
for your month
Birth flower
Violet
for your month
Generation
Baby Boomers
1946–1964
Day of the week
Monday
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