Rewinding to Tuesday 8 November 1966…
Tuesday · Johnstone, Scotland, United Kingdom
Gordon, you arrived on 8 November 1966 in Johnstone.
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
A high of 8°C in Johnstone.
8°C/ 46°F high
Low of 6°C · 0.5 mm of rain
The sun rose at 07:38 and set at 16:24 — 8h 46m of daylight.
Measured at the PaisLey weather station, 11 km away (NOAA GHCN-Daily). Sunrise and sunset are calculated for this city.
Reconstructed from historical climate data — the closest thing we have to a weather time machine.
02The sky that night
A waning crescent watched over you.
19% lit · 25.4 days into its cycle
Looking up from Johnstone that evening, you could have spotted Saturn without a telescope.
It was autumn in your half of the world.
The Moon was 226,689 miles away — closer than usual.
03On every radio
The chart-topper that week: “Last Train To Clarksville”
by The Monkees — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 1 week, taking over from “96 Tears”.
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04What a dollar bought
Your first receipt.
GENERAL STORE
PRICES IN THE U.S. · 1966-11-08
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
3,130 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 Scorpio.
Star sign
Scorpio
Water sign
Chinese zodiac
Horse
Fire Horse
Birthstone
Topaz
for your month
Birth flower
Chrysanthemum
for your month
Generation
Generation X
1965–1980
Day of the week
Tuesday
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