Rewinding to Wednesday, February 21, 1962…
Wednesday · Ithaca, New York, United States
The world on February 21, 1962 in Ithaca.
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
It was snow in Ithaca.
33°F/ 1°C high
Low of 6°F · 0.07 in of rain · wind up to 12 mph
The sun rose at 6:54 am and set at 5:45 pm — 10h 51m of daylight.
02The sky that night
A waning gibbous watched over you.
94% lit · 17 days into its cycle
Looking up from Ithaca that evening, you could have spotted Uranus without a telescope.
It was winter in your half of the world.
The Moon was 252,123 miles away — farther than usual.
03On every radio
The chart-topper that week: “Duke Of Earl”
by Gene Chandler — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 3 weeks, taking over from “Peppermint Twist - Part I”.
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04What a dollar bought
Your first receipt.
GENERAL STORE
ITHACA · 1962-02-21
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
3,376 weeks of them
0
full moons
have risen since your first night
0.00B
miles traveled
64 laps around the Sun
06Born under
A Wednesday's child, under Pisces.
Star sign
Pisces
Water sign
Chinese zodiac
Tiger
Water Tiger
Birthstone
Amethyst
for your month
Birth flower
Violet
for your month
Generation
Baby Boomers
1946–1964
Day of the week
Wednesday
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