Rewinding to Friday 24 November 1961…
Friday · Shillong, Meghalaya, India
Arundhati, you arrived on 24 November 1961 in Shillong.
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
A high of 21°C in Shillong.
21°C/ 70°F high
Low of 7°C · dry
The sun rose at 5:46 am and set at 4:31 pm — 10h 46m of daylight.
02The sky that night
A waning gibbous watched over you.
94% lit · 17 days into its cycle
No bright planets were above Shillong's horizon that evening — the moon had the sky to itself.
It was autumn in your half of the world.
The Moon was 389,299 km away, right about average.
03On every radio
The chart-topper that week: “Big Bad John”
by Jimmy Dean — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 5 weeks, taking over from “Runaround Sue”.
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04What a dollar bought
Your first receipt.
GENERAL STORE
PRICES IN THE U.S. · 1961-11-24
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
3,389 weeks of them
0
full moons
have risen since your first night
0.00B
km travelled
64 laps around the Sun
06Born under
A Friday's child, under Sagittarius.
Star sign
Sagittarius
Fire sign
Chinese zodiac
Ox
Metal Ox
Birthstone
Topaz
for your month
Birth flower
Chrysanthemum
for your month
Generation
Baby Boomers
1946–1964
Day of the week
Friday
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