Rewinding to Tuesday 10 September 1968…
Tuesday · Hatfield, England, United Kingdom
Guy, you arrived on 10 September 1968 in Hatfield.
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
A high of 16°C in Hatfield.
16°C/ 61°F high
Low of 13°C · 5.6 mm of rain
The sun rose at 06:27 and set at 19:27 — 13h 0m of daylight.
02The sky that night
A waning gibbous watched over you.
85% lit · 18.5 days into its cycle
No bright planets were above Hatfield's horizon that evening — the moon had the sky to itself.
It was autumn in your half of the world.
The Moon was 247,816 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”.
Tap the cover for a 30-second preview
04What a dollar bought
Your first receipt.
GENERAL STORE
PRICES IN THE U.S. · 1968-09-10
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
3,034 weeks of them
0
full moons
have risen since your first night
0.00B
miles traveled
58 laps around the Sun
06Born under
A Tuesday's child, under Virgo.
Star sign
Virgo
Earth sign
Chinese zodiac
Monkey
Earth Monkey
Birthstone
Sapphire
for your month
Birth flower
Aster
for your month
Generation
Generation X
1965–1980
Day of the week
Tuesday
And so much more you’d never guess or remember.
Unlock the rest of your day · $1.99Every chapter + your certificateApple Pay · Google Pay · card · one-time, no account
28,333 people opened their day this month
Give a day
Send someone their day.
A birthday, wedding or new-baby card. Their #1 song plays as the envelope opens, then your message, then their whole day, nothing sealed, with a certificate in their name.
Make a card · $9.99🎄 Or a Christmas card: it opens Christmas morning →One-time · they never see a price
Compare your day with someone’s →
Your mom, your partner, your best friend: add their birthday and see the world between your two days.
Everything about 1968 in the U.S.: prices, #1 songs, news →