Rewinding to Thursday 15 August 1963…
Thursday · Mexico City, Mexico
The world on 15 August 1963 in Mexico City.
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
A high of 22°C in Mexico City.
22°C/ 72°F high
Low of 9°C · 0.3 mm of rain
The sun rose at 6:16 am and set at 7:04 pm — 12h 48m of daylight.
02The sky that night
A waning crescent watched over you.
12% lit · 26.3 days into its cycle
Looking up from Mexico City that evening, you could have spotted Mars and Saturn without a telescope.
It was summer in your half of the world.
The Moon was 376,054 km away — closer than usual.
03On every radio
The chart-topper that week: “Fingertips - Pt 2”
by Little Stevie Wonder — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 3 weeks, taking over from “So Much In Love”.
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04What a dollar bought
Your first receipt.
Mexico’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. · 1963-08-15
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
3,299 weeks of them
0
full moons
have risen since your first night
0.00B
km travelled
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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