Rewinding to Tuesday, March 8, 1960…
Tuesday · Detroit, Michigan, United States
Jeffrey, you arrived on March 8, 1960 in Detroit.
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
A high of 23°F in Detroit.
23°F/ -5°C high
Low of 14°F · dry
The sun rose at 6:55 am and set at 6:30 pm — 11h 35m of daylight.
02The sky that night
A waxing gibbous watched over you.
82% lit · 10.6 days into its cycle
Looking up from Detroit that evening, you could have spotted Uranus without a telescope.
It was spring in your half of the world.
The Moon was 247,926 miles away — farther than usual.
03On every radio
The chart-topper that week: “The Theme From "A Summer Place"”
by Percy Faith And His Orchestra — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 9 weeks, taking over from “Teen Angel”.
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04What a dollar bought
Your first receipt.
GENERAL STORE
DETROIT · 1960-03-08
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
3,478 weeks of them
0
full moons
have risen since your first night
0.00B
miles traveled
66 laps around the Sun
06Born under
A Tuesday's child, under Pisces.
Star sign
Pisces
Water sign
Chinese zodiac
Rat
Metal Rat
Birthstone
Aquamarine
for your month
Birth flower
Daffodil
for your month
Generation
Baby Boomers
1946–1964
Day of the week
Tuesday
And so much more you’d never guess or remember.
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