Rewinding to Friday, August 9, 1968…
Friday · Chicago, Illinois, United States
Gillian, you arrived on August 9, 1968 in Chicago.
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
A high of 87°F in Chicago.
87°F/ 31°C high
Low of 70°F · dry
The sun rose at 5:52 am and set at 7:58 pm — 14h 6m of daylight.
02The sky that night
A waning gibbous watched over you.
97% lit · 16.5 days into its cycle
No bright planets were above Chicago's horizon that evening — the moon had the sky to itself.
It was summer in your half of the world.
The Moon was 235,874 miles away, right about average.
03On every radio
The chart-topper that week: “Hello, I Love You”
by The Doors — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 2 weeks, taking over from “Grazing In The Grass”.
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04What a dollar bought
Your first receipt.
GENERAL STORE
CHICAGO · 1968-08-09
BREAD COSTS 9.6× 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
3,039 weeks of them
0
full moons
have risen since your first night
0.00B
miles traveled
58 laps around the Sun
06Born under
A Friday's child, under Leo.
Star sign
Leo
Fire sign
Chinese zodiac
Monkey
Earth Monkey
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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