Rewinding to Thursday, August 19, 1965…
Thursday · New York, United States
The world on August 19, 1965 in New York.
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
A high of 87°F in New York.
87°F/ 31°C high
Low of 68°F · 0.21 in of rain
The sun rose at 6:09 am and set at 7:48 pm — 13h 38m of daylight.
02The sky that night
A last quarter watched over you.
51% lit · 22 days into its cycle
Looking up from New York that evening, you could have spotted Mars without a telescope.
It was summer in your half of the world.
The Moon was 235,994 miles away, right about average.
03On every radio
The chart-topper that week: “I Got You Babe”
by Sonny & Cher — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 3 weeks, taking over from “I'm Henry VIII, I Am”.
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04What a dollar bought
Your first receipt.
GENERAL STORE
NEW YORK · 1965-08-19
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
3,194 weeks of them
0
full moons
have risen since your first night
0.00B
miles traveled
61 laps around the Sun
06Born under
A Thursday's child, under Leo.
Star sign
Leo
Fire sign
Chinese zodiac
Snake
Wood Snake
Birthstone
Peridot
for your month
Birth flower
Gladiolus
for your month
Generation
Generation X
1965–1980
Day of the week
Thursday
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