Rewinding to Monday, May 17, 1965…
Monday · New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States
The world on May 17, 1965 in New Castle.
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
It was drizzle in New Castle.
65°F/ 19°C high
Low of 53°F · 0.10 in of rain · wind up to 12 mph
The sun rose at 5:01 am and set at 7:34 pm — 14h 33m of daylight.
02The sky that night
A waning gibbous watched over you.
94% lit · 17.1 days into its cycle
Looking up from New Castle that evening, you could have spotted Mars and Uranus without a telescope.
It was spring in your half of the world.
The Moon was 249,172 miles away — farther than usual.
03On every radio
The chart-topper that week: “Mrs. Brown You've Got A Lovely Daughter”
by Herman's Hermits — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 3 weeks, taking over from “Game Of Love”.
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04What a dollar bought
Your first receipt.
GENERAL STORE
NEW CASTLE · 1965-05-17
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
3,207 weeks of them
0
full moons
have risen since your first night
0.00B
miles traveled
61 laps around the Sun
06Born under
A Monday's child, under Taurus.
Star sign
Taurus
Earth sign
Chinese zodiac
Snake
Wood Snake
Birthstone
Emerald
for your month
Birth flower
Lily of the valley
for your month
Generation
Generation X
1965–1980
Day of the week
Monday
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