Rewinding to Sunday 16 November 1952…
Sunday · Sonobe, Kyoto, Japan
The world on 16 November 1952 in Sonobe.
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
A high of 21°C in Sonobe.
21°C/ 70°F high
Low of 10°C · dry
The sun rose at 06:33 and set at 16:52 — 10h 19m of daylight.
02The sky that night
A waning crescent watched over you.
1% lit · 28.5 days into its cycle
Looking up from Sonobe that evening, you could have spotted Jupiter and Uranus without a telescope.
It was autumn in your half of the world.
The Moon was 385,411 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.
Japan’s shop prices from 1952 aren’t in the records we use, so here is what the same basket cost in the US that day.
GENERAL STORE
PRICES IN THE U.S. · 1952-11-16
BREAD COSTS 12× 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
3,860 weeks of them
0
full moons
have risen since your first night
0.00B
km travelled
73 laps around the Sun
06Born under
A Sunday's child, under Scorpio.
Star sign
Scorpio
Water sign
Chinese zodiac
Dragon
Water Dragon
Birthstone
Topaz
for your month
Birth flower
Chrysanthemum
for your month
Generation
Baby Boomers
1946–1964
Day of the week
Sunday
And so much more you’d never guess or remember.
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