Rewinding to Thursday, May 17, 1956…
Thursday · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Bob, you arrived on May 17, 1956 in Philadelphia.
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
A high of 56°F in Philadelphia.
56°F/ 13°C high
Low of 43°F · dry
The sun rose at 5:43 am and set at 8:10 pm — 14h 27m of daylight.
02The sky that night
A first quarter watched over you.
59% lit · 8.3 days into its cycle
Looking up from Philadelphia that evening, you could have spotted Venus, Jupiter, Saturn without a telescope.
It was spring in your half of the world.
The Moon was 233,465 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
PHILADELPHIA · 1956-05-17
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
3,677 weeks of them
0
full moons
have risen since your first night
0.00B
miles traveled
70 laps around the Sun
06Born under
A Thursday's child, under Taurus.
Star sign
Taurus
Earth sign
Chinese zodiac
Monkey
Fire Monkey
Birthstone
Emerald
for your month
Birth flower
Lily of the valley
for your month
Generation
Baby Boomers
1946–1964
Day of the week
Thursday
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