Rewinding to Thursday, December 6, 1956…
Thursday · Santa Monica, California, United States
The world on December 6, 1956 in Santa Monica.
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
A high of 53°F in Santa Monica.
53°F/ 12°C high
Low of 46°F · 0.11 in of rain
The sun rose at 6:45 am and set at 4:44 pm — 9h 59m of daylight.
02The sky that night
A waxing crescent watched over you.
21% lit · 4.4 days into its cycle
Looking up from Santa Monica that evening, you could have spotted Mars and Uranus without a telescope.
It was winter in your half of the world.
The Moon was 251,739 miles away — farther 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
SANTA MONICA · 1956-12-06
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
3,648 weeks of them
0
full moons
have risen since your first night
0.00B
miles traveled
69 laps around the Sun
06Born under
A Thursday's child, under Sagittarius.
Star sign
Sagittarius
Fire sign
Chinese zodiac
Monkey
Fire Monkey
Birthstone
Turquoise
for your month
Birth flower
Narcissus
for your month
Generation
Baby Boomers
1946–1964
Day of the week
Thursday
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