Rewinding to Friday, August 5, 1966…
Friday · St Louis, Missouri, United States
James, you arrived on August 5, 1966 in St Louis.
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
A high of 86°F in St Louis.
86°F/ 30°C high
Low of 63°F · dry
The sun rose at 6:05 am and set at 8:07 pm — 14h 2m of daylight.
02The sky that night
A waning gibbous watched over you.
81% lit · 19 days into its cycle
No bright planets were above St Louis's horizon that evening — the moon had the sky to itself.
It was summer in your half of the world.
The Moon was 251,584 miles away — farther than usual.
03On every radio
The chart-topper that week: “Wild Thing”
by The Troggs — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 2 weeks, taking over from “Hanky Panky”.
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04What a dollar bought
Your first receipt.
GENERAL STORE
ST LOUIS · 1966-08-05
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
3,144 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 Leo.
Star sign
Leo
Fire sign
Chinese zodiac
Horse
Fire Horse
Birthstone
Peridot
for your month
Birth flower
Gladiolus
for your month
Generation
Generation X
1965–1980
Day of the week
Friday
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