Rewinding to Saturday, February 15, 1964…
Saturday · Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Dad, you arrived on February 15, 1964 in Boston.
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
A high of 39°F in Boston.
39°F/ 4°C high
Low of 23°F · dry
The sun rose at 6:42 am and set at 5:15 pm — 10h 33m of daylight.
02The sky that night
A waxing crescent watched over you.
8% lit · 2.6 days into its cycle
Looking up from Boston that evening, you could have spotted Jupiter and Uranus without a telescope.
It was winter in your half of the world.
The Moon was 234,067 miles away, right about average.
03On every radio
The chart-topper that week: “I Want To Hold Your Hand”
by The Beatles — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 7 weeks, taking over from “There! I've Said It Again”.
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04What a dollar bought
Your first receipt.
GENERAL STORE
BOSTON · 1964-02-15
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
3,273 weeks of them
0
full moons
have risen since your first night
0.00B
miles traveled
62 laps around the Sun
06Born under
A Saturday's child, under Aquarius.
Star sign
Aquarius
Air sign
Chinese zodiac
Dragon
Wood Dragon
Birthstone
Amethyst
for your month
Birth flower
Violet
for your month
Generation
Baby Boomers
1946–1964
Day of the week
Saturday
✦ The rest of the day ✦
In the card, every chapter below opens for Dad.
Here it stays a secret, so the surprise is theirs. Nothing is blurred in a real card.
Give someone their whole day, every chapter open.
Make a card →Give a day
Send someone their day.
A birthday, wedding or new-baby card. Their #1 song plays as the envelope opens, then your message, then their whole day, nothing sealed, with a certificate in their name.
Make a card · $7.49🎄 Or a Christmas card: it opens Christmas morning →One-time · they never see a price
Compare your day with someone’s →
Your mom, your partner, your best friend: add their birthday and see the world between your two days.
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