Rewinding to Thursday, September 26, 1968…
Thursday · Mount Vernon, Washington, United States
Jim, you arrived on September 26, 1968 in Mount Vernon.
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
A high of 72°F in Mount Vernon.
72°F/ 22°C high
Low of 46°F · dry
The sun rose at 7:01 am and set at 6:58 pm — 11h 56m of daylight.
02The sky that night
A waxing crescent watched over you.
27% lit · 5.2 days into its cycle
Looking up from Mount Vernon that evening, you could have spotted Saturn without a telescope.
It was autumn in your half of the world.
The Moon was 228,315 miles away — closer than usual.
03On every radio
The chart-topper that week: “Harper Valley P.T.A.”
by Jeannie C. Riley — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 1 week, taking over from “People Got To Be Free”.
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04What a dollar bought
Your first receipt.
GENERAL STORE
MOUNT VERNON · 1968-09-26
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
3,032 weeks of them
0
full moons
have risen since your first night
0.00B
miles traveled
58 laps around the Sun
06Born under
A Thursday's child, under Libra.
Star sign
Libra
Air 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
Thursday
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