Rewinding to Friday 29 May 1953…

Friday · Kathmandu, Bagmati Province, Nepal

The world on 29 May 1953 in Kathmandu.

Outside

25°C, light rain

Moon

full moon

#1 song

Before the charts

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01The weather outside

It was light rain in Kathmandu.

25°C/ 77°F high

Low of 19°C · 14.6 mm of rain · wind up to 6 km/h

The sun rose at 05:08 and set at 18:53 — 13h 44m of daylight.

Reconstructed from the ERA5 climate reanalysis — the closest thing we have to a weather time machine.

02The sky that night

A full moon watched over you.

99% lit · 15.7 days into its cycle

Looking up from Kathmandu that evening, you could have spotted Saturn without a telescope.

It was spring in your half of the world.

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. · 1953-05-29

ITEM1953TODAYLoaf of white breadper lb≈$0.15$1.83Dozen eggsgrade A large≈$0.18$2.27Gallon of milkwhole≈$0.33$4.11Gallon of gasregular unleaded≈$0.36$4.48Pound of coffeeground roast≈$0.74$9.33Minimum wagefederal, per hour$0.75$7.25Median new homeUS sale price≈$31,226$393,300Postage stampfirst-class letter$0.03$0.78

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

3,831 weeks of them

0

full moons

have risen since your first night

0.00B

km travelled

73 laps around the Sun

Mark your calendar: you’ll be 4,000 weeks old on January 25, 2030 — 1,181 days from now.

06Born under

A Friday's child, under Gemini.

Star sign

♊ Gemini

Air sign

Chinese zodiac

🐍 Snake

Water Snake

Birthstone

Emerald

for your month

Birth flower

Lily of the valley

for your month

Generation

Baby Boomers

1946–1964

Day of the week

Friday

07 — 10 Still sealed

There’s more to your day.

4 more chapters are waiting, rebuilt from the same archives.

  • Your star

    A real star in Serpens Cauda, 74 light-years away.

  • The world that day

    2 moments in history happened on your exact date.

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  • If someone had invested

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