Rewinding to Friday, April 28, 1950…

Friday · New Rochelle, New York, United States

The world on April 28, 1950 in New Rochelle.

Outside

High of 65°F

Moon

waxing gibbous

#1 song

Before the charts

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01The weather outside

A high of 65°F in New Rochelle.

65°F/ 18°C high

Low of 46°F · 0.39 in of rain

The sun rose at 4:57 am and set at 6:47 pm — 13h 50m of daylight.

02The sky that night

A waxing gibbous watched over you.

86% lit · 11.2 days into its cycle

Looking up from New Rochelle that evening, you could have spotted Mars and Saturn without a telescope.

It was spring in your half of the world.

The Moon was 227,480 miles away — closer 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

NEW ROCHELLE · 1950-04-28

ITEM1950TODAYLoaf 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≈$0.66$9.33Minimum wagefederal, per hour$0.75$7.25Median new homeUS sale price≈$27,659$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

3,993 weeks of them

full moons

have risen since your first night

0.00B

miles traveled

76 laps around the Sun

06Born under

A Friday's child, under Taurus.

Star sign

Taurus

Earth 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

Friday

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