Rewinding to Wednesday, February 26, 1958…
Wednesday · Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States
The world on February 26, 1958 in Saint Paul.
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
A high of 59°F in Saint Paul.
59°F/ 15°C high
Low of 38°F · 0.09 in of rain
The sun rose at 6:56 am and set at 5:55 pm — 10h 59m of daylight.
02The sky that night
A first quarter watched over you.
53% lit · 7.6 days into its cycle
Looking up from Saint Paul that evening, you could have spotted Uranus without a telescope.
It was winter in your half of the world.
The Moon was 242,959 miles away, right about average.
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
SAINT PAUL · 1958-02-26
BREAD COSTS 11× 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
3,584 weeks of them
0
full moons
have risen since your first night
0.00B
miles traveled
68 laps around the Sun
06Born under
A Wednesday's child, under Pisces.
Star sign
Pisces
Water sign
Chinese zodiac
Dog
Earth Dog
Birthstone
Amethyst
for your month
Birth flower
Violet
for your month
Generation
Baby Boomers
1946–1964
Day of the week
Wednesday
And so much more you’d never guess or remember.
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