Rewinding to Wednesday 24 February 1965…
Wednesday · Heidelberg, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany
Hansi, you arrived on 24 February 1965 in Heidelberg.
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
A high of -2°C in Heidelberg.
-2°C/ 28°F high
Low of -13°C · dry
The sun rose at 07:18 and set at 17:59 — 10h 41m of daylight.
02The sky that night
A waning crescent watched over you.
35% lit · 23.6 days into its cycle
Looking up from Heidelberg that evening, you could have spotted Mars, Jupiter, Uranus without a telescope.
It was winter in your half of the world.
The Moon was 403,797 km away — farther than usual.
03On every radio
The chart-topper that week: “This Diamond Ring”
by Gary Lewis And The Playboys — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 2 weeks, taking over from “You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'”.
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04What a dollar bought
Your first receipt.
GENERAL STORE
PRICES IN THE U.S. · 1965-02-24
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
3,219 weeks of them
0
full moons
have risen since your first night
0.00B
km travelled
61 laps around the Sun
06Born under
A Wednesday's child, under Pisces.
Star sign
Pisces
Water sign
Chinese zodiac
Snake
Wood Snake
Birthstone
Amethyst
for your month
Birth flower
Violet
for your month
Generation
Generation X
1965–1980
Day of the week
Wednesday
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