Rewinding to Thursday, April 13, 1950…
Thursday · Buffalo, New York, United States
The world on April 13, 1950 in Buffalo.
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
A high of 26°F in Buffalo.
26°F/ -3°C high
Low of 19°F · 0.04 in of rain
The sun rose at 5:38 am and set at 6:54 pm — 13h 17m of daylight.
02The sky that night
A waning crescent watched over you.
10% lit · 26.6 days into its cycle
Looking up from Buffalo that evening, you could have spotted Mars and Saturn without a telescope.
It was spring in your half of the world.
The Moon was 248,093 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
BUFFALO · 1950-04-13
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
3,995 weeks of them
0
full moons
have risen since your first night
0.00B
miles traveled
76 laps around the Sun
06Born under
A Thursday's child, under Aries.
Star sign
Aries
Fire sign
Chinese zodiac
Tiger
Metal Tiger
Birthstone
Diamond
for your month
Birth flower
Daisy
for your month
Generation
Baby Boomers
1946–1964
Day of the week
Thursday
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