Rewinding to Tuesday, January 26, 1965…
Tuesday · Bakersfield, California, United States
The world on January 26, 1965 in Bakersfield.
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
A high of 56°F in Bakersfield.
56°F/ 13°C high
Low of 38°F · dry
The sun rose at 6:59 am and set at 5:18 pm — 10h 18m of daylight.
02The sky that night
A waning crescent watched over you.
25% lit · 24.7 days into its cycle
Looking up from Bakersfield that evening, you could have spotted Jupiter and Uranus without a telescope.
It was winter in your half of the world.
The Moon was 250,475 miles away — farther than usual.
03On every radio
The chart-topper that week: “Downtown”
by Petula Clark — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 2 weeks, taking over from “Come See About Me”.
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04What a dollar bought
Your first receipt.
GENERAL STORE
BAKERSFIELD · 1965-01-26
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
3,223 weeks of them
0
full moons
have risen since your first night
0.00B
miles traveled
61 laps around the Sun
06Born under
A Tuesday's child, under Aquarius.
Star sign
Aquarius
Air sign
Chinese zodiac
Dragon
Wood Dragon
Birthstone
Garnet
for your month
Birth flower
Carnation
for your month
Generation
Generation X
1965–1980
Day of the week
Tuesday
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