Rewinding to Friday 8 August 1969…
Friday · Beijing, China
The world on 8 August 1969 in Beijing.
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
A high of 28°C in Beijing.
28°C/ 83°F high
Low of 20°C · dry
The sun rose at 05:18 and set at 19:20 — 14h 2m of daylight.
02The sky that night
A waning crescent watched over you.
19% lit · 25.3 days into its cycle
Looking up from Beijing that evening, you could have spotted Mars without a telescope.
It was summer in your half of the world.
The Moon was 404,966 km away — farther 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
PRICES IN THE U.S. · 1969-08-08
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
2,987 weeks of them
0
full moons
have risen since your first night
0.00B
km travelled
57 laps around the Sun
06Born under
A Friday's child, under Leo.
Star sign
Leo
Fire sign
Chinese zodiac
Rooster
Earth Rooster
Birthstone
Peridot
for your month
Birth flower
Gladiolus
for your month
Generation
Generation X
1965–1980
Day of the week
Friday
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