Rewinding to Monday, January 22, 1968…
Monday · Columbus, Ohio, United States
The world on January 22, 1968 in Columbus.
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
A high of 37°F in Columbus.
37°F/ 3°C high
Low of 32°F · dry
The sun rose at 7:48 am and set at 5:38 pm — 9h 50m of daylight.
Measured at the Columbus-Valley crosSing weather station, 9 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 last quarter watched over you.
47% lit · 22.4 days into its cycle
Looking up from Columbus that evening, you could have spotted Jupiter and Saturn without a telescope.
It was winter in your half of the world.
The Moon was 230,118 miles away — closer than usual.
03On every radio
The chart-topper that week: “Judy In Disguise (With Glasses)”
by John Fred And The Playboys — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 2 weeks, taking over from “Hello Goodbye”.
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04What a dollar bought
Your first receipt.
GENERAL STORE
COLUMBUS · 1968-01-22
BREAD COSTS 9.6× 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
3,067 weeks of them
0
full moons
have risen since your first night
0.00B
miles traveled
58 laps around the Sun
06Born under
A Monday's child, under Aquarius.
Star sign
Aquarius
Air sign
Chinese zodiac
Goat
Fire Goat
Birthstone
Garnet
for your month
Birth flower
Carnation
for your month
Generation
Generation X
1965–1980
Day of the week
Monday
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