Rewinding to Friday 15 April 1966…
Friday · London, England, United Kingdom
Samantha, you arrived on 15 April 1966 in London.
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
A high of 5°C in London.
5°C/ 41°F high
Low of -1°C · 10.4 mm of rain
The sun rose at 06:06 and set at 19:56 — 13h 50m of daylight.
02The sky that night
A waning crescent watched over you.
22% lit · 24.9 days into its cycle
Looking up from London that evening, you could have spotted Jupiter and Uranus without a telescope.
It was spring in your half of the world.
The Moon was 251,824 miles away — farther than usual.
03On every radio
The chart-topper that week: “(You're My) Soul And Inspiration”
by The Righteous Brothers — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 3 weeks, taking over from “The Ballad Of The Green Berets”.
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04What a dollar bought
Your first receipt.
GENERAL STORE
PRICES IN THE U.S. · 1966-04-15
BREAD COSTS 10× 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
3,160 weeks of them
0
full moons
have risen since your first night
0.00B
miles traveled
60 laps around the Sun
06Born under
A Friday's child, under Aries.
Star sign
Aries
Fire sign
Chinese zodiac
Horse
Fire Horse
Birthstone
Diamond
for your month
Birth flower
Daisy
for your month
Generation
Generation X
1965–1980
Day of the week
Friday
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