Rewinding to Sunday 19 August 1951…
Sunday · Leicester, England, United Kingdom
John, you arrived on 19 August 1951 in Leicester.
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
It was light rain in Leicester.
20°C/ 68°F high
Low of 13°C · 4.6 mm of rain · wind up to 17 mph
The sun rose at 04:51 and set at 19:23 — 14h 32m of daylight.
02The sky that night
A waning gibbous watched over you.
91% lit · 17.7 days into its cycle
No bright planets were above Leicester's horizon that evening — the moon had the sky to itself.
It was summer in your half of the world.
The Moon was 234,428 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. · 1951-08-19
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
3,925 weeks of them
0
full moons
have risen since your first night
0.00B
miles traveled
75 laps around the Sun
06Born under
A Sunday's child, under Leo.
Star sign
Leo
Fire sign
Chinese zodiac
Rabbit
Metal Rabbit
Birthstone
Peridot
for your month
Birth flower
Gladiolus
for your month
Generation
Baby Boomers
1946–1964
Day of the week
Sunday
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