Rewinding to Tuesday, November 20, 1956…

Tuesday · Long Beach, California, United States

Bo, you arrived on November 20, 1956 in Long Beach.

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01The weather outside

A high of 67°F in Long Beach.

67°F/ 19°C high

Low of 46°F · dry

The sun rose at 6:29 am and set at 4:47 pm — 10h 17m of daylight.

02The sky that night

A waning gibbous watched over you.

89% lit · 17.9 days into its cycle

Looking up from Long Beach that evening, you could have spotted Mars without a telescope.

It was autumn in your half of the world.

The Moon was 228,052 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

LONG BEACH · 1956-11-20

ITEM1956TODAYLoaf of white breadper lb≈$0.15$1.83Dozen eggsgrade A large≈$0.19$2.27Gallon of milkwhole≈$0.34$4.11Gallon of gasregular unleaded≈$0.37$4.48Pound of coffeeground roast≈$0.76$9.33Minimum wagefederal, per hour$1.00$7.25Median new homeUS sale price≈$32,173$393,300Postage stampfirst-class letter$0.03$0.78

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

3,650 weeks of them

0

full moons

have risen since your first night

0.00B

miles traveled

69 laps around the Sun

06Born under

A Tuesday's child, under Scorpio.

Star sign

Scorpio

Water sign

Chinese zodiac

Monkey

Fire Monkey

Birthstone

Topaz

for your month

Birth flower

Chrysanthemum

for your month

Generation

Baby Boomers

1946–1964

Day of the week

Tuesday

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