Rewinding to Saturday, January 18, 1969…
Saturday · Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States
The world on January 18, 1969 in Washington D.C..
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
A high of 48°F in Washington D.C..
48°F/ 9°C high
Low of 38°F · 0.33 in of rain
The sun rose at 7:24 am and set at 5:13 pm — 9h 49m of daylight.
02The sky that night
A new moon watched over you.
1% lit · 1 days into its cycle
Looking up from Washington D.C. that evening, you could have spotted Saturn without a telescope.
It was winter in your half of the world.
The Moon was 225,635 miles away — closer than usual.
03On every radio
The chart-topper that week: “I Heard It Through The Grapevine”
by Marvin Gaye — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 7 weeks, taking over from “Love Child”.
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04What a dollar bought
Your first receipt.
GENERAL STORE
WASHINGTON D.C. · 1969-01-18
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
3,016 weeks of them
0
full moons
have risen since your first night
0.00B
miles traveled
57 laps around the Sun
06Born under
A Saturday's child, under Capricorn.
Star sign
Capricorn
Earth sign
Chinese zodiac
Monkey
Earth Monkey
Birthstone
Garnet
for your month
Birth flower
Carnation
for your month
Generation
Generation X
1965–1980
Day of the week
Saturday
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