Rewinding to Thursday, December 17, 1953…
Thursday · Hornell, New York, United States
Bill, you arrived on December 17, 1953 in Hornell.
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
Looking up the weather in Hornell…
02The sky that night
A waxing gibbous watched over you.
93% lit · 12.2 days into its cycle
Looking up from Hornell that evening, you could have spotted Jupiter and Uranus without a telescope.
It was winter in your half of the world.
The Moon was 229,324 miles away — closer 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
HORNELL · 1953-12-17
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
3,803 weeks of them
0
full moons
have risen since your first night
0.00B
miles traveled
72 laps around the Sun
06Born under
A Thursday's child, under Sagittarius.
Star sign
Sagittarius
Fire sign
Chinese zodiac
Snake
Water Snake
Birthstone
Turquoise
for your month
Birth flower
Narcissus
for your month
Generation
Baby Boomers
1946–1964
Day of the week
Thursday
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