Rewinding to Monday, August 28, 1961…
Monday · Boston, Massachusetts, United States
The world on August 28, 1961 in Boston.
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
A high of 85°F in Boston.
85°F/ 29°C high
Low of 70°F · dry
The sun rose at 6:04 am and set at 7:25 pm — 13h 20m of daylight.
02The sky that night
A waning gibbous watched over you.
88% lit · 18.1 days into its cycle
Looking up from Boston that evening, you could have spotted Jupiter and Saturn without a telescope.
It was summer in your half of the world.
The Moon was 227,915 miles away — closer than usual.
03On every radio
The chart-topper that week: “Wooden Heart”
by Joe Dowell — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 1 week, taking over from “Tossin' And Turnin'”.
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04What a dollar bought
Your first receipt.
GENERAL STORE
BOSTON · 1961-08-28
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
3,401 weeks of them
0
full moons
have risen since your first night
0.00B
miles traveled
65 laps around the Sun
06Born under
A Monday's child, under Virgo.
Star sign
Virgo
Earth sign
Chinese zodiac
Ox
Metal Ox
Birthstone
Peridot
for your month
Birth flower
Gladiolus
for your month
Generation
Baby Boomers
1946–1964
Day of the week
Monday
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