Rewinding to Friday, September 17, 1965…

Friday · New York, United States

Bryan, you arrived on September 17, 1965 in New York.

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01The weather outside

A high of 72°F in New York.

72°F/ 22°C high

Low of 53°F · 0.02 in of rain

The sun rose at 6:38 am and set at 7:01 pm — 12h 23m of daylight.

02The sky that night

A last quarter watched over you.

55% lit · 21.7 days into its cycle

Looking up from New York that evening, you could have spotted Saturn without a telescope.

It was autumn in your half of the world.

The Moon was 233,306 miles away — closer than usual.

03On every radio

The chart-topper that week: “Help!”

by The Beatles — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 3 weeks, taking over from “I Got You Babe”.

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04What a dollar bought

Your first receipt.

GENERAL STORE

NEW YORK · 1965-09-17

ITEM1965TODAYLoaf of white breadper lb≈$0.17$1.83Dozen eggsgrade A large≈$0.21$2.27Gallon of milkwhole≈$0.39$4.11Gallon of gasregular unleaded≈$0.42$4.48Pound of coffeeground roast≈$0.88$9.33Minimum wagefederal, per hour$1.25$7.25Median new homeUS sale price$20,200$393,300Postage stampfirst-class letter$0.05$0.78

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

3,190 weeks of them

0

full moons

have risen since your first night

0.00B

miles traveled

61 laps around the Sun

06Born under

A Friday's child, under Virgo.

Star sign

Virgo

Earth sign

Chinese zodiac

Snake

Wood Snake

Birthstone

Sapphire

for your month

Birth flower

Aster

for your month

Generation

Generation X

1965–1980

Day of the week

Friday

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