Rewinding to Tuesday, June 12, 1962…
Tuesday · Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Jordan, you arrived on June 12, 1962 in Edmonton.
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
A high of 19°C in Edmonton.
19°C/ 66°F high
Low of 6°C · dry
The sun rose at 4:04 am and set at 9:02 pm — 16h 58m of daylight.
02The sky that night
A waxing gibbous watched over you.
76% lit · 10 days into its cycle
Looking up from Edmonton that evening, you could have spotted Venus and Uranus without a telescope.
It was summer in your half of the world.
The Moon was 400,551 km away — farther than usual.
03On every radio
The chart-topper that week: “I Can't Stop Loving You”
by Ray Charles — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 5 weeks, taking over from “Stranger On The Shore”.
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04What a dollar bought
Your first receipt.
GENERAL STORE
PRICES IN THE U.S. · 1962-06-12
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
3,360 weeks of them
0
full moons
have risen since your first night
0.00B
km travelled
64 laps around the Sun
06Born under
A Tuesday's child, under Gemini.
Star sign
Gemini
Air sign
Chinese zodiac
Tiger
Water Tiger
Birthstone
Pearl
for your month
Birth flower
Rose
for your month
Generation
Baby Boomers
1946–1964
Day of the week
Tuesday
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