Rewinding to Thursday, November 19, 1959…
Thursday · Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Allison, you arrived on November 19, 1959 in Boston.
Scroll back in time ↓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
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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