Rewinding to Sunday, July 20, 1969…

Sunday · Houston, Texas, United States

The world on July 20, 1969 in Houston.

Outside

92°F, rain

Moon

waxing crescent

#1 song

In The Year 2525

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01The weather outside

It was rain in Houston.

92°F/ 34°C high

Low of 78°F · 0.26 in of rain · wind up to 8 mph

The sun rose at 6:33 am and set at 8:21 pm — 13h 48m of daylight.

Reconstructed from the ERA5 climate reanalysis — the closest thing we have to a weather time machine.

02The sky that night

A waxing crescent watched over you.

35% lit · 6 days into its cycle

Looking up from Houston that evening, you could have spotted Mars, Jupiter, Uranus without a telescope.

It was summer in your half of the world.

03On every radio

The chart-topper that week: “In The Year 2525”

by Zager & Evans — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 6 weeks, taking over from “Love Theme From Romeo & Juliet”.

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04What a dollar bought

Your first receipt.

GENERAL STORE

HOUSTON · 1969-07-20

ITEM1969TODAYLoaf of white breadper lb≈$0.20$1.83Dozen eggsgrade A large≈$0.25$2.27Gallon of milkwhole≈$0.45$4.11Gallon of gasregular unleaded≈$0.49$4.48Pound of coffeeground roast≈$1.02$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

2,989 weeks of them

0

full moons

have risen since your first night

0.00B

miles travelled

57 laps around the Sun

Mark your calendar: you’ll be 3,000 weeks old on January 17, 2027 — 77 days from now.

06Born under

A Sunday's child, under Cancer.

Star sign

♋ Cancer

Water sign

Chinese zodiac

🐓 Rooster

Earth Rooster

Birthstone

Ruby

for your month

Birth flower

Larkspur

for your month

Generation

Generation X

1965–1980

Day of the week

Sunday

07 — 11 Still sealed

There’s more to your day.

5 more chapters are waiting, rebuilt from the same archives.

  • Your star

    A real star in Leo, 58.4 light-years away.

  • The world that day

    3 moments in history happened on your exact date.

  • Birthday twins

    12 well-known people share your birthday.

  • If someone had invested

    The stock market has grown about 81× since you arrived.

  • Who ran the country in 1969

    1 leaders were in office the day you arrived.

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