Rewinding to Friday 4 October 1957…

Friday · Moscow, Russia

The world on 4 October 1957 in Moscow.

Outside

8°C, overcast

Moon

waxing gibbous

#1 song

Before the charts

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01The weather outside

It was overcast in Moscow.

8°C/ 47°F high

Low of 4°C · dry · wind up to 24 km/h

The sun rose at 06:37 and set at 17:58 — 11h 21m of daylight.

Reconstructed from the ERA5 climate reanalysis — the closest thing we have to a weather time machine.

02The sky that night

A waxing gibbous watched over you.

85% lit · 11 days into its cycle

No bright planets were above Moscow's horizon that evening — the moon had the sky to itself.

It was autumn in your half of the world.

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. · 1957-10-04

ITEM1957TODAYLoaf of white breadper lb≈$0.15$1.83Dozen eggsgrade A large≈$0.19$2.27Gallon of milkwhole≈$0.35$4.11Gallon of gasregular unleaded≈$0.38$4.48Pound of coffeeground roast≈$0.79$9.33Minimum wagefederal, per hour$1.00$7.25Median new homeUS sale price≈$33,120$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

3,604 weeks of them

0

full moons

have risen since your first night

0.00B

km travelled

69 laps around the Sun

Mark your calendar: you’ll be 4,000 weeks old on June 2, 2034 — 2,770 days from now.

06Born under

A Friday's child, under Libra.

Star sign

♎ Libra

Air sign

Chinese zodiac

🐓 Rooster

Fire Rooster

Birthstone

Opal

for your month

Birth flower

Marigold

for your month

Generation

Baby Boomers

1946–1964

Day of the week

Friday

07 — 10 Still sealed

There’s more to your day.

4 more chapters are waiting, rebuilt from the same archives.

  • Your star

    A real star in Octans, 69.1 light-years away.

  • The world that day

    1 moment in history happened on your exact date.

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