Rewinding to Wednesday, December 28, 1960…
Wednesday · Los Angeles, California, United States
Chad, you arrived on December 28, 1960 in Los Angeles.
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
A high of 68°F in Los Angeles.
68°F/ 20°C high
Low of 48°F · dry
The sun rose at 6:57 am and set at 4:52 pm — 9h 54m of daylight.
02The sky that night
A waxing gibbous watched over you.
87% lit · 11.4 days into its cycle
Looking up from Los Angeles that evening, you could have spotted Mars without a telescope.
It was winter in your half of the world.
The Moon was 247,065 miles away — farther than usual.
03On every radio
The chart-topper that week: “Are You Lonesome To-night?”
by Elvis Presley With The Jordanaires — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 6 weeks, taking over from “Stay”.
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04What a dollar bought
Your first receipt.
GENERAL STORE
LOS ANGELES · 1960-12-28
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
3,436 weeks of them
0
full moons
have risen since your first night
0.00B
miles traveled
65 laps around the Sun
06Born under
A Wednesday's child, under Capricorn.
Star sign
Capricorn
Earth sign
Chinese zodiac
Rat
Metal Rat
Birthstone
Turquoise
for your month
Birth flower
Narcissus
for your month
Generation
Baby Boomers
1946–1964
Day of the week
Wednesday
And so much more you’d never guess or remember.
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