Rewinding to Saturday 14 February 1970…
Saturday · Brockworth, England, United Kingdom
Simon, you arrived on 14 February 1970 in Brockworth.
Outside
High of 0°C
Moon
waxing gibbous
#1 song
Thank You Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin/Everybody Is A Star
01The weather outside
A high of 0°C in Brockworth.
0°C/ 32°F high
Low of -8°C · dry
The sun rose at 08:26 and set at 18:20 — 9h 54m of daylight.
02The sky that night
A waxing gibbous watched over you.
66% lit · 8.9 days into its cycle
Looking up from Brockworth that evening, you could have spotted Mars and Saturn without a telescope.
It was winter in your half of the world.
The Moon was 247,626 miles away — farther than usual.
03On every radio
The chart-topper that week: “Thank You Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin/Everybody Is A Star”
by Sly & The Family Stone — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 2 weeks, taking over from “Venus”.
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04What a dollar bought
Your first receipt.
GENERAL STORE
PRICES IN THE U.S. · 1970-02-14
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
2,960 weeks of them
0
full moons
have risen since your first night
0.00B
miles traveled
56 laps around the Sun
06Born under
A Saturday's child, under Aquarius.
Star sign
Aquarius
Air sign
Chinese zodiac
Dog
Metal Dog
Birthstone
Amethyst
for your month
Birth flower
Violet
for your month
Generation
Generation X
1965–1980
Day of the week
Saturday
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