Rewinding to Wednesday, September 23, 1959…
Wednesday · Newark, New Jersey, United States
The world on September 23, 1959 in Newark.
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
A high of 83°F in Newark.
83°F/ 28°C high
Low of 66°F · dry
The sun rose at 6:44 am and set at 6:53 pm — 12h 9m of daylight.
02The sky that night
A last quarter watched over you.
60% lit · 21.2 days into its cycle
Looking up from Newark that evening, you could have spotted Saturn without a telescope.
It was autumn in your half of the world.
The Moon was 251,100 miles away — farther than usual.
03On every radio
The chart-topper that week: “Sleep Walk”
by Santo & Johnny — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 2 weeks, taking over from “The Three Bells”.
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04What a dollar bought
Your first receipt.
GENERAL STORE
NEWARK · 1959-09-23
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
3,502 weeks of them
0
full moons
have risen since your first night
0.00B
miles traveled
67 laps around the Sun
06Born under
A Wednesday's child, under Libra.
Star sign
Libra
Air sign
Chinese zodiac
Pig
Earth Pig
Birthstone
Sapphire
for your month
Birth flower
Aster
for your month
Generation
Baby Boomers
1946–1964
Day of the week
Wednesday
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