Rewinding to Sunday 21 November 1965…
Sunday · Reykjavik, Capital Region, Iceland
Björk, you arrived on 21 November 1965 in Reykjavik.
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
It was snow in Reykjavik.
-1°C/ 31°F high
Low of -3°C · 10.5 mm of rain · wind up to 22 km/h
The sun rose at 10:14 and set at 16:12 — 5h 58m of daylight.
02The sky that night
A waning crescent watched over you.
2% lit · 28.2 days into its cycle
Looking up from Reykjavik that evening, you could have spotted Jupiter and Saturn without a telescope.
It was autumn in your half of the world.
The Moon was 382,867 km away, right about average.
03On every radio
The chart-topper that week: “I Hear A Symphony”
by The Supremes — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 2 weeks, taking over from “Get Off Of My Cloud”.
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04What a dollar bought
Your first receipt.
GENERAL STORE
PRICES IN THE U.S. · 1965-11-21
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
3,181 weeks of them
0
full moons
have risen since your first night
0.00B
km travelled
60 laps around the Sun
06Born under
A Sunday's child, under Scorpio.
Star sign
Scorpio
Water sign
Chinese zodiac
Snake
Wood Snake
Birthstone
Topaz
for your month
Birth flower
Chrysanthemum
for your month
Generation
Generation X
1965–1980
Day of the week
Sunday
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