Rewinding to Thursday, July 24, 1969…
Thursday · New York, United States
Jennifer, you arrived on July 24, 1969 in New York.
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
It was overcast in New York.
71°F/ 22°C high
Low of 63°F · dry · wind up to 12 mph
The sun rose at 4:45 am and set at 7:19 pm — 14h 35m of daylight.
Reconstructed from historical climate data — the closest thing we have to a weather time machine.
02The sky that night
A waxing gibbous watched over you.
77% lit · 10.1 days into its cycle
Looking up from New York that evening, you could have spotted Mars and Jupiter without a telescope.
It was summer in your half of the world.
The Moon was 228,103 miles away — closer than usual.
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
NEW YORK · 1969-07-24
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
06Born under
A Thursday's child, under Leo.
Star sign
Leo
Fire 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
Thursday
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