Rewinding to Friday, May 16, 1969…

Friday · San Francisco, California, United States

The world on May 16, 1969 in San Francisco.

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01The weather outside

A high of 65°F in San Francisco.

65°F/ 18°C high

Low of 49°F · dry

The sun rose at 5:58 am and set at 8:13 pm — 14h 15m of daylight.

02The sky that night

A new moon watched over you.

1% lit · 0.8 days into its cycle

Looking up from San Francisco that evening, you could have spotted Mercury, Jupiter, Uranus without a telescope.

It was spring in your half of the world.

The Moon was 249,731 miles away — farther than usual.

03On every radio

The chart-topper that week: “Aquarius/Let The Sunshine In (The Flesh Failures)”

by The 5th Dimension — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 6 weeks, taking over from “Dizzy”.

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04What a dollar bought

Your first receipt.

GENERAL STORE

SAN FRANCISCO · 1969-05-16

ITEM1969TODAYLoaf of white breadper lb≈$0.20$1.83Dozen eggsgrade A large≈$0.25$2.27Gallon of milkwhole≈$0.44$4.11Gallon of gasregular unleaded≈$0.49$4.48Pound of coffeeground roast≈$1.01$9.33Minimum wagefederal, per hour$1.60$7.25Median new homeUS sale price$25,900$393,300Postage stampfirst-class letter$0.06$0.78

BREAD COSTS 9.2× 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

2,999 weeks of them

0

full moons

have risen since your first night

0.00B

miles traveled

57 laps around the Sun

06Born under

A Friday's child, under Taurus.

Star sign

Taurus

Earth sign

Chinese zodiac

Rooster

Earth Rooster

Birthstone

Emerald

for your month

Birth flower

Lily of the valley

for your month

Generation

Generation X

1965–1980

Day of the week

Friday

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