Rewinding to Sunday, November 18, 1962…
Sunday · San Francisco, California, United States
Kirk, you arrived on November 18, 1962 in San Francisco.
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
A high of 68°F in San Francisco.
68°F/ 20°C high
Low of 52°F · dry
The sun rose at 6:52 am and set at 4:56 pm — 10h 4m of daylight.
02The sky that night
A last quarter watched over you.
49% lit · 22.3 days into its cycle
Looking up from San Francisco that evening, you could have spotted Jupiter and Saturn without a telescope.
It was autumn in your half of the world.
The Moon was 247,664 miles away — farther than usual.
03On every radio
The chart-topper that week: “Big Girls Don't Cry”
by The 4 Seasons — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 5 weeks, taking over from “He's A Rebel”.
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04What a dollar bought
Your first receipt.
GENERAL STORE
SAN FRANCISCO · 1962-11-18
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
3,338 weeks of them
0
full moons
have risen since your first night
0.00B
miles traveled
63 laps around the Sun
06Born under
A Sunday's child, under Scorpio.
Star sign
Scorpio
Water sign
Chinese zodiac
Tiger
Water Tiger
Birthstone
Topaz
for your month
Birth flower
Chrysanthemum
for your month
Generation
Baby Boomers
1946–1964
Day of the week
Sunday
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