Rewinding to Tuesday 18 July 1950…
Tuesday · Blackheath, England, United Kingdom
The world on 18 July 1950 in Blackheath.
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
A high of 23°C in Blackheath.
23°C/ 74°F high
Low of 11°C · dry
The sun rose at 05:03 and set at 21:08 — 16h 5m of daylight.
02The sky that night
A waxing crescent watched over you.
14% lit · 3.6 days into its cycle
Looking up from Blackheath that evening, you could have spotted Mercury, Mars, Saturn without a telescope.
It was summer in your half of the world.
The Moon was 236,555 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
PRICES IN THE U.S. · 1950-07-18
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
3,981 weeks of them
0
full moons
have risen since your first night
0.00B
miles traveled
76 laps around the Sun
06Born under
A Tuesday's child, under Cancer.
Star sign
Cancer
Water sign
Chinese zodiac
Tiger
Metal Tiger
Birthstone
Ruby
for your month
Birth flower
Larkspur
for your month
Generation
Baby Boomers
1946–1964
Day of the week
Tuesday
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