Rewinding to Thursday, July 28, 1966…
Thursday · Madison, Wisconsin, United States
The world on July 28, 1966 in Madison.
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
Looking up the weather in Madison…
02The sky that night
A waxing gibbous watched over you.
90% lit · 11.7 days into its cycle
No bright planets were above Madison's horizon that evening — the moon had the sky to itself.
It was summer in your half of the world.
The Moon was 243,633 miles away, right about average.
03On every radio
The chart-topper that week: “Hanky Panky”
by Tommy James And The Shondells — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 2 weeks, taking over from “Paperback Writer”.
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04What a dollar bought
Your first receipt.
GENERAL STORE
MADISON · 1966-07-28
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
3,145 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 Leo.
Star sign
Leo
Fire sign
Chinese zodiac
Horse
Fire Horse
Birthstone
Ruby
for your month
Birth flower
Larkspur
for your month
Generation
Generation X
1965–1980
Day of the week
Thursday
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