Rewinding to Saturday, January 18, 1969…

Saturday · Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States

Dave, you arrived on January 18, 1969 in Washington D.C..

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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

ITEM1969TODAYLoaf of white breadper lb≈$0.19$1.83Dozen eggsgrade A large≈$0.24$2.27Gallon of milkwhole≈$0.44$4.11Gallon of gasregular unleaded≈$0.48$4.48Pound of coffeeground roast≈$0.99$9.33Minimum wagefederal, per hour$1.60$7.25Median new homeUS sale price$25,700$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

3,016 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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