Rewinding to Saturday 29 January 1966…

Saturday · Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

The world on 29 January 1966 in Rio de Janeiro.

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01The weather outside

A high of 29°C in Rio de Janeiro.

29°C/ 85°F high

Low of 23°C · 4.4 mm of rain

The sun rose at 06:30 and set at 19:41 — 13h 11m of daylight.

02The sky that night

A first quarter watched over you.

51% lit · 7.5 days into its cycle

Looking up from Rio de Janeiro that evening, you could have spotted Jupiter and Saturn without a telescope.

It was summer in your half of the world.

The Moon was 389,043 km away, right about average.

03On every radio

The chart-topper that week: “We Can Work It Out”

by The Beatles — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 3 weeks, taking over from “The Sound Of Silence”.

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04What a dollar bought

Your first receipt.

Brazil’s shop prices from 1966 aren’t in the records we use, so here is what the same basket cost in the US that day.

GENERAL STORE

PRICES IN THE U.S. · 1966-01-29

ITEM1966TODAYLoaf of white breadper lb≈$0.17$1.83Dozen eggsgrade A large≈$0.22$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$21,000$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

3,171 weeks of them

0

full moons

have risen since your first night

0.00B

km travelled

60 laps around the Sun

06Born under

A Saturday's child, under Aquarius.

Star sign

Aquarius

Air sign

Chinese zodiac

Horse

Fire Horse

Birthstone

Garnet

for your month

Birth flower

Carnation

for your month

Generation

Generation X

1965–1980

Day of the week

Saturday

And so much more you’d never guess or remember.

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