Rewinding to Wednesday, March 23, 1955…
Wednesday · Petersburg, Virginia, United States
The world on March 23, 1955 in Petersburg.
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
It was clear skies in Petersburg.
58°F/ 15°C high
Low of 36°F · dry · wind up to 14 mph
The sun rose at 6:09 am and set at 6:23 pm — 12h 14m of daylight.
02The sky that night
A new moon watched over you.
0% lit · 29.5 days into its cycle
Looking up from Petersburg that evening, you could have spotted Mars, Jupiter, Uranus without a telescope.
It was spring in your half of the world.
The Moon was 229,095 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
PETERSBURG · 1955-03-23
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
3,737 weeks of them
0
full moons
have risen since your first night
0.00B
miles traveled
71 laps around the Sun
06Born under
A Wednesday's child, under Aries.
Star sign
Aries
Fire sign
Chinese zodiac
Goat
Wood Goat
Birthstone
Aquamarine
for your month
Birth flower
Daffodil
for your month
Generation
Baby Boomers
1946–1964
Day of the week
Wednesday
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