Rewinding to Saturday 22 September 1951…

Saturday · Saltburn-by-the-Sea, England, United Kingdom

David, you arrived on 22 September 1951 in Saltburn-by-the-Sea.

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01The weather outside

Looking up the weather in Saltburn-by-the-Sea…

02The sky that night

A last quarter watched over you.

53% lit · 21.8 days into its cycle

Looking up from Saltburn-by-the-Sea that evening, you could have spotted Jupiter without a telescope.

It was autumn in your half of the world.

The Moon was 250,777 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. · 1951-09-22

ITEM1951TODAYLoaf of white breadper lb≈$0.14$1.83Dozen eggsgrade A large≈$0.18$2.27Gallon of milkwhole≈$0.32$4.11Gallon of gasregular unleaded≈$0.35$4.48Pound of coffeeground roast≈$0.72$9.33Minimum wagefederal, per hour$0.75$7.25Median new homeUS sale price≈$30,442$393,300Postage stampfirst-class letter$0.03$0.78

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

3,920 weeks of them

0

full moons

have risen since your first night

0.00B

miles traveled

75 laps around the Sun

06Born under

A Saturday's child, under Virgo.

Star sign

Virgo

Earth sign

Chinese zodiac

Rabbit

Metal Rabbit

Birthstone

Sapphire

for your month

Birth flower

Aster

for your month

Generation

Baby Boomers

1946–1964

Day of the week

Saturday

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