Rewinding to Sunday, January 12, 1964…
Sunday · Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States
Jeff, you arrived on January 12, 1964 in Albuquerque.
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
It was clear skies in Albuquerque.
29°F/ -2°C high
Low of 13°F · dry · wind up to 5 mph
The sun rose at 7:15 am and set at 5:14 pm — 9h 59m of daylight.
Reconstructed from historical climate data — the closest thing we have to a weather time machine.
02The sky that night
A waning crescent watched over you.
3% lit · 28 days into its cycle
Looking up from Albuquerque that evening, you could have spotted Jupiter without a telescope.
It was winter in your half of the world.
The Moon was 249,030 miles away — farther than usual.
03On every radio
The chart-topper that week: “There! I've Said It Again”
by Bobby Vinton — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 4 weeks, taking over from “Dominique”.
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04What a dollar bought
Your first receipt.
GENERAL STORE
ALBUQUERQUE · 1964-01-12
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
3,277 weeks of them
0
full moons
have risen since your first night
0.00B
miles traveled
62 laps around the Sun
06Born under
A Sunday's child, under Capricorn.
Star sign
Capricorn
Earth sign
Chinese zodiac
Rabbit
Water Rabbit
Birthstone
Garnet
for your month
Birth flower
Carnation
for your month
Generation
Baby Boomers
1946–1964
Day of the week
Sunday
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