Rewinding to Friday, August 9, 1963…
Friday · Newark, New Jersey, United States
Whitney, you arrived on August 9, 1963 in Newark.
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
A high of 86°F in Newark.
86°F/ 30°C high
Low of 68°F · dry
The sun rose at 6:00 am and set at 8:03 pm — 14h 3m of daylight.
Measured at the JersEy city weather station, 2 km away (NOAA GHCN-Daily). Sunrise and sunset are calculated for this city.
Reconstructed from historical climate data — the closest thing we have to a weather time machine.
02The sky that night
A waning gibbous watched over you.
75% lit · 19.7 days into its cycle
Looking up from Newark that evening, you could have spotted Mars and Saturn without a telescope.
It was summer in your half of the world.
The Moon was 229,698 miles away — closer than usual.
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.
GENERAL STORE
NEWARK · 1963-08-09
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 Friday'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
Friday
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