Rewinding to Thursday, October 16, 1958…
Thursday · West Covina, California, United States
The world on October 16, 1958 in West Covina.
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
A high of 104°F in West Covina.
104°F/ 40°C high
Low of 75°F · dry
The sun rose at 5:57 am and set at 5:16 pm — 11h 19m of daylight.
02The sky that night
A waxing crescent watched over you.
25% lit · 4.9 days into its cycle
Looking up from West Covina that evening, you could have spotted Mars without a telescope.
It was autumn in your half of the world.
The Moon was 230,653 miles away — closer than usual.
03On every radio
The chart-topper that week: “It's All In The Game”
by Tommy Edwards — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 6 weeks, taking over from “Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu (Volare)”.
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04What a dollar bought
Your first receipt.
GENERAL STORE
WEST COVINA · 1958-10-16
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
3,551 weeks of them
0
full moons
have risen since your first night
0.00B
miles traveled
68 laps around the Sun
06Born under
A Thursday's child, under Libra.
Star sign
Libra
Air sign
Chinese zodiac
Dog
Earth Dog
Birthstone
Opal
for your month
Birth flower
Marigold
for your month
Generation
Baby Boomers
1946–1964
Day of the week
Thursday
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