Rewinding to Saturday 17 August 1968…
Saturday · London, England, United Kingdom
The world on 17 August 1968 in London.
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
A high of 18°C in London.
18°C/ 64°F high
Low of 9°C · 0.8 mm of rain
The sun rose at 05:48 and set at 20:18 — 14h 30m of daylight.
02The sky that night
A waning crescent watched over you.
34% lit · 23.7 days into its cycle
No bright planets were above London's horizon that evening — the moon had the sky to itself.
It was summer in your half of the world.
The Moon was 251,016 miles away — farther than usual.
03On every radio
The chart-topper that week: “People Got To Be Free”
by The Rascals — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 5 weeks, taking over from “Hello, I Love You”.
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04What a dollar bought
Your first receipt.
GENERAL STORE
PRICES IN THE U.S. · 1968-08-17
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
3,038 weeks of them
0
full moons
have risen since your first night
0.00B
miles traveled
58 laps around the Sun
06Born under
A Saturday's child, under Leo.
Star sign
Leo
Fire sign
Chinese zodiac
Monkey
Earth Monkey
Birthstone
Peridot
for your month
Birth flower
Gladiolus
for your month
Generation
Generation X
1965–1980
Day of the week
Saturday
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