Rewinding to Thursday, August 1, 1963…
Thursday · Monessen, Pennsylvania, United States
The world on August 1, 1963 in Monessen.
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
A high of 88°F in Monessen.
88°F/ 31°C high
Low of 60°F · 0.07 in of rain
The sun rose at 6:16 am and set at 8:34 pm — 14h 17m of daylight.
02The sky that night
A waxing gibbous watched over you.
88% lit · 11.5 days into its cycle
Looking up from Monessen that evening, you could have spotted Mercury and Mars without a telescope.
It was summer in your half of the world.
The Moon was 245,367 miles away — farther than usual.
03On every radio
The chart-topper that week: “Surf City”
by Jan & Dean — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 2 weeks, taking over from “Easier Said Than Done”.
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04What a dollar bought
Your first receipt.
GENERAL STORE
MONESSEN · 1963-08-01
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
3,301 weeks of them
0
full moons
have risen since your first night
0.00B
miles traveled
63 laps around the Sun
06Born under
A Thursday's child, under Leo.
Star sign
Leo
Fire sign
Chinese zodiac
Rabbit
Water Rabbit
Birthstone
Peridot
for your month
Birth flower
Gladiolus
for your month
Generation
Baby Boomers
1946–1964
Day of the week
Thursday
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