Rewinding to Monday 5 August 1963…
Monday · London, England, United Kingdom
The world on 5 August 1963 in London.
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
A high of 19°C in London.
19°C/ 66°F high
Low of 14°C · dry
The sun rose at 05:28 and set at 20:43 — 15h 14m of daylight.
02The sky that night
A full moon watched over you.
100% lit · 15.2 days into its cycle
Looking up from London that evening, you could have spotted Mars without a telescope.
It was summer in your half of the world.
The Moon was 235,395 miles away, right about average.
03On every radio
The chart-topper that week: “So Much In Love”
by The Tymes — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 1 week, taking over from “Surf City”.
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04What a dollar bought
Your first receipt.
United Kingdom’s shop prices from 1963 aren’t in the records we use, so here is what the same basket cost in the US that day.
GENERAL STORE
PRICES IN THE U.S. · 1963-08-05
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
3,300 weeks of them
0
full moons
have risen since your first night
0.00B
miles traveled
63 laps around the Sun
06Born under
A Monday'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
Monday
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