Rewinding to Saturday 29 March 1952…
Saturday · Lagos, Nigeria
Bola, you arrived on 29 March 1952 in Lagos.
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
A high of 29°C in Lagos.
29°C/ 85°F high
Low of 27°C · 0.7 mm of rain
The sun rose at 06:46 and set at 18:56 — 12h 10m of daylight.
02The sky that night
A waxing crescent watched over you.
18% lit · 4.1 days into its cycle
Looking up from Lagos that evening, you could have spotted Saturn without a telescope.
It was spring in your half of the world.
The Moon was 390,107 km 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. · 1952-03-29
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
3,893 weeks of them
0
full moons
have risen since your first night
0.00B
km travelled
74 laps around the Sun
06Born under
A Saturday's child, under Aries.
Star sign
Aries
Fire sign
Chinese zodiac
Dragon
Water Dragon
Birthstone
Aquamarine
for your month
Birth flower
Daffodil
for your month
Generation
Baby Boomers
1946–1964
Day of the week
Saturday
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