Rewinding to Wednesday, March 21, 1962…
Wednesday · Commack, New York, United States
Rosie, you arrived on March 21, 1962 in Commack.
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
It was light snow in Commack.
46°F/ 8°C high
Low of 35°F · 0.51 in of rain · wind up to 24 mph
The sun rose at 5:55 am and set at 6:05 pm — 12h 10m of daylight.
02The sky that night
A full moon watched over you.
99% lit · 15.4 days into its cycle
Looking up from Commack that evening, you could have spotted Uranus without a telescope.
It was spring in your half of the world.
The Moon was 251,486 miles away — farther than usual.
03On every radio
The chart-topper that week: “Hey! Baby”
by Bruce Channel — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 3 weeks, taking over from “Duke Of Earl”.
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04What a dollar bought
Your first receipt.
GENERAL STORE
COMMACK · 1962-03-21
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
3,372 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 Aries.
Star sign
Aries
Fire sign
Chinese zodiac
Tiger
Water Tiger
Birthstone
Aquamarine
for your month
Birth flower
Daffodil
for your month
Generation
Baby Boomers
1946–1964
Day of the week
Wednesday
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