Rewinding to Monday 1 April 1968…
Monday · Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland
The world on 1 April 1968 in Helsinki.
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
A high of 2°C in Helsinki.
2°C/ 36°F high
Low of 0°C · 1.0 mm of rain
The sun rose at 05:45 and set at 19:04 — 13h 19m of daylight.
02The sky that night
A waxing crescent watched over you.
13% lit · 3.5 days into its cycle
Looking up from Helsinki that evening, you could have spotted Jupiter and Uranus without a telescope.
It was spring in your half of the world.
The Moon was 405,606 km away — farther than usual.
03On every radio
The chart-topper that week: “(Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay”
by Otis Redding — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 4 weeks, taking over from “Love Is Blue (L'amour Est Bleu)”.
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04What a dollar bought
Your first receipt.
GENERAL STORE
PRICES IN THE U.S. · 1968-04-01
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
3,057 weeks of them
0
full moons
have risen since your first night
0.00B
km travelled
58 laps around the Sun
06Born under
A Monday's child, under Aries.
Star sign
Aries
Fire sign
Chinese zodiac
Monkey
Earth Monkey
Birthstone
Diamond
for your month
Birth flower
Daisy
for your month
Generation
Generation X
1965–1980
Day of the week
Monday
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