Rewinding to Friday, May 27, 1955…
Friday · Bethesda, Maryland, United States
Richard, you arrived on May 27, 1955 in Bethesda.
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
A high of 84°F in Bethesda.
84°F/ 29°C high
Low of 63°F · dry
The sun rose at 5:47 am and set at 8:23 pm — 14h 36m of daylight.
02The sky that night
A first quarter watched over you.
44% lit · 6.8 days into its cycle
Looking up from Bethesda that evening, you could have spotted Mercury, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn without a telescope.
It was spring in your half of the world.
The Moon was 237,121 miles 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.
GENERAL STORE
BETHESDA · 1955-05-27
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
3,728 weeks of them
0
full moons
have risen since your first night
0.00B
miles traveled
71 laps around the Sun
06Born under
A Friday's child, under Gemini.
Star sign
Gemini
Air sign
Chinese zodiac
Goat
Wood Goat
Birthstone
Emerald
for your month
Birth flower
Lily of the valley
for your month
Generation
Baby Boomers
1946–1964
Day of the week
Friday
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