Rewinding to Tuesday, October 20, 1964…
Tuesday · Oakland, California, United States
The world on October 20, 1964 in Oakland.
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
A high of 83°F in Oakland.
83°F/ 28°C high
Low of 61°F · dry
The sun rose at 7:22 am and set at 6:24 pm — 11h 2m of daylight.
Measured at the San francisCo dwtn weather station (NOAA GHCN-Daily). Sunrise and sunset are calculated for this city.
Reconstructed from historical climate data — the closest thing we have to a weather time machine.
02The sky that night
A full moon watched over you.
100% lit · 14.7 days into its cycle
Looking up from Oakland that evening, you could have spotted Jupiter and Saturn without a telescope.
It was autumn in your half of the world.
The Moon was 229,762 miles away — closer than usual.
03On every radio
The chart-topper that week: “Do Wah Diddy Diddy”
by Manfred Mann — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 2 weeks, taking over from “Oh, Pretty Woman”.
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04What a dollar bought
Your first receipt.
GENERAL STORE
OAKLAND · 1964-10-20
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
3,237 weeks of them
0
full moons
have risen since your first night
0.00B
miles traveled
62 laps around the Sun
06Born under
A Tuesday's child, under Libra.
Star sign
Libra
Air sign
Chinese zodiac
Dragon
Wood Dragon
Birthstone
Opal
for your month
Birth flower
Marigold
for your month
Generation
Baby Boomers
1946–1964
Day of the week
Tuesday
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