Rewinding to Saturday, April 25, 1964…

Saturday · Borough of Queens, New York, United States

The world on April 25, 1964 in Borough of Queens.

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01The weather outside

A high of 56°F in Borough of Queens.

56°F/ 14°C high

Low of 38°F · dry

The sun rose at 5:01 am and set at 6:45 pm — 13h 43m of daylight.

02The sky that night

A full moon watched over you.

99% lit · 14.2 days into its cycle

Looking up from Borough of Queens that evening, you could have spotted Venus and Uranus without a telescope.

It was spring in your half of the world.

The Moon was 248,484 miles away — farther than usual.

03On every radio

The chart-topper that week: “Can't Buy Me Love”

by The Beatles — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 5 weeks, taking over from “She Loves You”.

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04What a dollar bought

Your first receipt.

GENERAL STORE

BOROUGH OF QUEENS · 1964-04-25

ITEM1964TODAYLoaf 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≈$0.86$9.33Minimum wagefederal, per hour$1.25$7.25Median new homeUS sale price$18,900$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

3,263 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 Taurus.

Star sign

Taurus

Earth sign

Chinese zodiac

Dragon

Wood Dragon

Birthstone

Diamond

for your month

Birth flower

Daisy

for your month

Generation

Baby Boomers

1946–1964

Day of the week

Saturday

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