Rewinding to Monday, August 18, 1969…

Monday · New York, United States

The world on August 18, 1969 in New York.

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01The weather outside

A high of 88°F in New York.

88°F/ 31°C high

Low of 66°F · 0.02 in of rain

The sun rose at 6:09 am and set at 7:49 pm — 13h 41m of daylight.

02The sky that night

A waxing crescent watched over you.

31% lit · 5.5 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 237,807 miles away, right about average.

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 · 1969-08-18

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

2,985 weeks of them

0

full moons

have risen since your first night

0.00B

miles traveled

57 laps around the Sun

06Born under

A Monday'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

Monday

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