Rewinding to Friday 8 June 1951…
Friday · Skewen, Wales, United Kingdom
Bonnie, you arrived on 8 June 1951 in Skewen.
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
It was mostly clear in Skewen.
17°C/ 63°F high
Low of 7°C · dry · wind up to 16 mph
The sun rose at 03:59 and set at 20:29 — 16h 30m of daylight.
02The sky that night
A waxing crescent watched over you.
15% lit · 3.7 days into its cycle
Looking up from Skewen that evening, you could have spotted Venus and Saturn without a telescope.
It was summer in your half of the world.
The Moon was 250,693 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
PRICES IN THE U.S. · 1951-06-08
BREAD COSTS 13× 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
3,935 weeks of them
0
full moons
have risen since your first night
0.00B
miles traveled
75 laps around the Sun
06Born under
A Friday's child, under Gemini.
Star sign
Gemini
Air sign
Chinese zodiac
Rabbit
Metal Rabbit
Birthstone
Pearl
for your month
Birth flower
Rose
for your month
Generation
Baby Boomers
1946–1964
Day of the week
Friday
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