Rewinding to Monday, September 16, 1963…

Monday · Chicago, Illinois, United States

Richard, you arrived on September 16, 1963 in Chicago.

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01The weather outside

A high of 79°F in Chicago.

79°F/ 26°C high

Low of 61°F · dry

The sun rose at 6:31 am and set at 6:59 pm — 12h 28m of daylight.

02The sky that night

A new moon watched over you.

1% lit · 28.8 days into its cycle

Looking up from Chicago that evening, you could have spotted Jupiter and Saturn without a telescope.

It was autumn in your half of the world.

The Moon was 244,926 miles away — farther than usual.

03On every radio

The chart-topper that week: “My Boyfriend's Back”

by The Angels — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 3 weeks, taking over from “Fingertips - Pt 2”.

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04What a dollar bought

Your first receipt.

GENERAL STORE

CHICAGO · 1963-09-16

ITEM1963TODAYLoaf of white breadper lb≈$0.17$1.83Dozen eggsgrade A large≈$0.21$2.27Gallon of milkwhole≈$0.38$4.11Gallon of gasregular unleaded≈$0.41$4.48Pound of coffeeground roast≈$0.85$9.33Minimum wagefederal, per hour$1.25$7.25Median new homeUS sale price$17,900$393,300Postage stampfirst-class letter$0.05$0.78

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

3,294 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 Virgo.

Star sign

Virgo

Earth sign

Chinese zodiac

Rabbit

Water Rabbit

Birthstone

Sapphire

for your month

Birth flower

Aster

for your month

Generation

Baby Boomers

1946–1964

Day of the week

Monday

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