Rewinding to Monday 6 August 1962…
Monday · Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia
The world on 6 August 1962 in Ipoh.
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
A high of 28°C in Ipoh.
28°C/ 82°F high
Low of 21°C · 1.4 mm of rain
The sun rose at 6:42 am and set at 7:00 pm — 12h 18m of daylight.
02The sky that night
A waxing crescent watched over you.
30% lit · 5.5 days into its cycle
Looking up from Ipoh that evening, you could have spotted Venus and Saturn without a telescope.
It was summer in your half of the world.
The Moon was 404,345 km away — farther than usual.
03On every radio
The chart-topper that week: “Roses Are Red (My Love)”
by Bobby Vinton — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 4 weeks, taking over from “The Stripper”.
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04What a dollar bought
Your first receipt.
GENERAL STORE
PRICES IN THE U.S. · 1962-08-06
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
3,352 weeks of them
0
full moons
have risen since your first night
0.00B
km travelled
64 laps around the Sun
06Born under
A Monday's child, under Leo.
Star sign
Leo
Fire sign
Chinese zodiac
Tiger
Water Tiger
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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