Rewinding to Tuesday, June 28, 1966…
Tuesday · Evanston, Illinois, United States
The world on June 28, 1966 in Evanston.
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
A high of 80°F in Evanston.
80°F/ 27°C high
Low of 68°F · 0.01 in of rain
The sun rose at 5:17 am and set at 8:30 pm — 15h 13m of daylight.
02The sky that night
A waxing gibbous watched over you.
85% lit · 11.1 days into its cycle
Looking up from Evanston that evening, you could have spotted Mercury and Uranus without a telescope.
It was summer in your half of the world.
The Moon was 236,627 miles away, right about average.
03On every radio
The chart-topper that week: “Paperback Writer”
by The Beatles — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 2 weeks, taking over from “Paint It, Black”.
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04What a dollar bought
Your first receipt.
GENERAL STORE
EVANSTON · 1966-06-28
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
3,149 weeks of them
0
full moons
have risen since your first night
0.00B
miles traveled
60 laps around the Sun
06Born under
A Tuesday's child, under Cancer.
Star sign
Cancer
Water sign
Chinese zodiac
Horse
Fire Horse
Birthstone
Pearl
for your month
Birth flower
Rose
for your month
Generation
Generation X
1965–1980
Day of the week
Tuesday
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