Rewinding to Monday, May 20, 1968…

Monday · Honolulu, Hawaii, United States

Timothy, you arrived on May 20, 1968 in Honolulu.

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01The weather outside

It was light drizzle in Honolulu.

80°F/ 27°C high

Low of 74°F · 0.02 in of rain · wind up to 15 mph

The sun rose at 5:51 am and set at 7:05 pm — 13h 14m of daylight.

02The sky that night

A waning crescent watched over you.

30% lit · 24.1 days into its cycle

Looking up from Honolulu that evening, you could have spotted Jupiter and Uranus without a telescope.

It was spring in your half of the world.

The Moon was 246,025 miles away — farther than usual.

03On every radio

The chart-topper that week: “Tighten Up”

by Archie Bell & The Drells — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 2 weeks, taking over from “Honey”.

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04What a dollar bought

Your first receipt.

GENERAL STORE

HONOLULU · 1968-05-20

ITEM1968TODAYLoaf of white breadper lb≈$0.19$1.83Dozen eggsgrade A large≈$0.23$2.27Gallon of milkwhole≈$0.42$4.11Gallon of gasregular unleaded≈$0.46$4.48Pound of coffeeground roast≈$0.96$9.33Minimum wagefederal, per hour$1.60$7.25Median new homeUS sale price$24,900$393,300Postage stampfirst-class letter$0.06$0.78

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

3,050 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 Taurus.

Star sign

Taurus

Earth sign

Chinese zodiac

Monkey

Earth Monkey

Birthstone

Emerald

for your month

Birth flower

Lily of the valley

for your month

Generation

Generation X

1965–1980

Day of the week

Monday

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