Rewinding to Wednesday 24 December 1969…
Wednesday · London, England, United Kingdom
The world on 24 December 1969 in London.
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
A high of 6°C in London.
6°C/ 43°F high
Low of 3°C · 4.8 mm of rain
The sun rose at 09:05 and set at 16:55 — 7h 50m of daylight.
02The sky that night
A full moon watched over you.
99% lit · 15.8 days into its cycle
Looking up from London that evening, you could have spotted Mars and Saturn without a telescope.
It was winter in your half of the world.
The Moon was 251,504 miles away — farther than usual.
03On every radio
The chart-topper that week: “Leaving On A Jet Plane”
by Peter, Paul & Mary — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 1 week, taking over from “Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye”.
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04What a dollar bought
Your first receipt.
GENERAL STORE
PRICES IN THE U.S. · 1969-12-24
BREAD COSTS 8.7× 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
2,967 weeks of them
0
full moons
have risen since your first night
0.00B
miles traveled
56 laps around the Sun
06Born under
A Wednesday's child, under Capricorn.
Star sign
Capricorn
Earth sign
Chinese zodiac
Rooster
Earth Rooster
Birthstone
Turquoise
for your month
Birth flower
Narcissus
for your month
Generation
Generation X
1965–1980
Day of the week
Wednesday
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