Rewinding to Thursday 12 September 1957…
Thursday · Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany
The world on 12 September 1957 in Frankfurt am Main.
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
A high of 17°C in Frankfurt am Main.
17°C/ 63°F high
Low of 11°C · 0.3 mm of rain
The sun rose at 05:55 and set at 18:46 — 12h 50m of daylight.
02The sky that night
A waning gibbous watched over you.
88% lit · 18 days into its cycle
Looking up from Frankfurt am Main that evening, you could have spotted Saturn without a telescope.
It was autumn in your half of the world.
The Moon was 400,682 km 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
PRICES IN THE U.S. · 1957-09-12
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
3,608 weeks of them
0
full moons
have risen since your first night
0.00B
km travelled
69 laps around the Sun
06Born under
A Thursday's child, under Virgo.
Star sign
Virgo
Earth sign
Chinese zodiac
Rooster
Fire Rooster
Birthstone
Sapphire
for your month
Birth flower
Aster
for your month
Generation
Baby Boomers
1946–1964
Day of the week
Thursday
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