Rewinding to Wednesday 12 April 1961…

Wednesday · Moscow, Russia

The world on 12 April 1961 in Moscow.

Outside

2°C, snow

Moon

waning crescent

#1 song

Blue Moon

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01The weather outside

It was snow in Moscow.

2°C/ 36°F high

Low of -3°C · 2.1 mm of rain · wind up to 14 km/h

The sun rose at 05:33 and set at 19:29 — 13h 56m of daylight.

Reconstructed from the ERA5 climate reanalysis — the closest thing we have to a weather time machine.

02The sky that night

A waning crescent watched over you.

8% lit · 26.9 days into its cycle

Looking up from Moscow that evening, you could have spotted Mars and Uranus without a telescope.

It was spring in your half of the world.

03On every radio

The chart-topper that week: “Blue Moon”

by The Marcels — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 3 weeks, taking over from “Surrender”.

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04What a dollar bought

Your first receipt.

GENERAL STORE

PRICES IN THE U.S. · 1961-04-12

ITEM1961TODAYLoaf of white breadper lb≈$0.16$1.83Dozen eggsgrade A large≈$0.20$2.27Gallon of milkwhole≈$0.36$4.11Gallon of gasregular unleaded≈$0.40$4.48Pound of coffeeground roast≈$0.83$9.33Minimum wagefederal, per hour$1.00$7.25Median new homeUS sale price≈$34,863$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

3,420 weeks of them

0

full moons

have risen since your first night

0.00B

km travelled

65 laps around the Sun

Mark your calendar: you’ll be 25,000 days old on September 22, 2029 — 1,056 days from now.

06Born under

A Wednesday's child, under Aries.

Star sign

♈ Aries

Fire sign

Chinese zodiac

🐂 Ox

Metal Ox

Birthstone

Diamond

for your month

Birth flower

Daisy

for your month

Generation

Baby Boomers

1946–1964

Day of the week

Wednesday

07 — 10 Still sealed

There’s more to your day.

4 more chapters are waiting, rebuilt from the same archives.

  • Your star

    A real star in Aries, 65.8 light-years away.

  • The world that day

    2 moments in history happened on your exact date.

  • Birthday twins

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  • If someone had invested

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