Rewinding to Thursday 26 May 1966…
Thursday · London, England, United Kingdom
The world on 26 May 1966 in London.
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
A high of 12°C in London.
12°C/ 53°F high
Low of 10°C · dry
The sun rose at 04:55 and set at 21:00 — 16h 5m of daylight.
02The sky that night
A first quarter watched over you.
44% lit · 6.8 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 229,816 miles away — closer than usual.
03On every radio
The chart-topper that week: “Monday, Monday”
by The Mamas & The Papas — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 3 weeks, taking over from “Good Lovin'”.
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04What a dollar bought
Your first receipt.
United Kingdom’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. · 1966-05-26
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
3,154 weeks of them
0
full moons
have risen since your first night
0.00B
miles traveled
60 laps around the Sun
06Born under
A Thursday's child, under Gemini.
Star sign
Gemini
Air sign
Chinese zodiac
Horse
Fire Horse
Birthstone
Emerald
for your month
Birth flower
Lily of the valley
for your month
Generation
Generation X
1965–1980
Day of the week
Thursday
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