Rewinding to Thursday, November 19, 1959…

Thursday · Boston, Massachusetts, United States

The world on November 19, 1959 in Boston.

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01The weather outside

A high of 36°F in Boston.

36°F/ 2°C high

Low of 28°F · dry

The sun rose at 6:39 am and set at 4:19 pm — 9h 40m of daylight.

02The sky that night

A waning gibbous watched over you.

81% lit · 18.9 days into its cycle

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

It was autumn in your half of the world.

The Moon was 250,503 miles away — farther than usual.

03On every radio

The chart-topper that week: “Mr. Blue”

by The Fleetwoods — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 1 week, taking over from “Mack The Knife”.

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04What a dollar bought

Your first receipt.

GENERAL STORE

BOSTON · 1959-11-19

ITEM1959TODAYLoaf of white breadper lb≈$0.16$1.83Dozen eggsgrade A large≈$0.20$2.27Gallon of milkwhole≈$0.36$4.11Gallon of gasregular unleaded≈$0.39$4.48Pound of coffeeground roast≈$0.81$9.33Minimum wagefederal, per hour$1.00$7.25Median new homeUS sale price≈$34,325$393,300Postage stampfirst-class letter$0.04$0.78

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

3,494 weeks of them

0

full moons

have risen since your first night

0.00B

miles traveled

66 laps around the Sun

06Born under

A Thursday's child, under Scorpio.

Star sign

Scorpio

Water sign

Chinese zodiac

Pig

Earth Pig

Birthstone

Topaz

for your month

Birth flower

Chrysanthemum

for your month

Generation

Baby Boomers

1946–1964

Day of the week

Thursday

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