Rewinding to Thursday, January 22, 1959…
Thursday · St Louis, Missouri, United States
The world on January 22, 1959 in St Louis.
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
A high of 22°F in St Louis.
22°F/ -6°C high
Low of 3°F · dry
The sun rose at 7:14 am and set at 5:10 pm — 9h 56m of daylight.
02The sky that night
A waxing gibbous watched over you.
97% lit · 13.1 days into its cycle
Looking up from St Louis that evening, you could have spotted Mars and Uranus without a telescope.
It was winter in your half of the world.
The Moon was 241,977 miles away, right about average.
03On every radio
The chart-topper that week: “Smoke Gets In Your Eyes”
by The Platters — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 3 weeks, taking over from “The Chipmunk Song”.
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04What a dollar bought
Your first receipt.
GENERAL STORE
ST LOUIS · 1959-01-22
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
3,537 weeks of them
0
full moons
have risen since your first night
0.00B
miles traveled
67 laps around the Sun
06Born under
A Thursday's child, under Aquarius.
Star sign
Aquarius
Air sign
Chinese zodiac
Dog
Earth Dog
Birthstone
Garnet
for your month
Birth flower
Carnation
for your month
Generation
Baby Boomers
1946–1964
Day of the week
Thursday
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