Rewinding to Sunday, November 14, 1954…
Sunday · Birmingham, Alabama, United States
The world on November 14, 1954 in Birmingham.
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
It was overcast in Birmingham.
73°F/ 23°C high
Low of 51°F · dry · wind up to 8 mph
The sun rose at 6:17 am and set at 4:45 pm — 10h 28m of daylight.
02The sky that night
A waning gibbous watched over you.
74% lit · 19.9 days into its cycle
Looking up from Birmingham that evening, you could have spotted Mars without a telescope.
It was autumn in your half of the world.
The Moon was 232,402 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
BIRMINGHAM · 1954-11-14
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
3,756 weeks of them
0
full moons
have risen since your first night
0.00B
miles traveled
71 laps around the Sun
06Born under
A Sunday's child, under Scorpio.
Star sign
Scorpio
Water sign
Chinese zodiac
Horse
Wood Horse
Birthstone
Topaz
for your month
Birth flower
Chrysanthemum
for your month
Generation
Baby Boomers
1946–1964
Day of the week
Sunday
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