Rewinding to Thursday 5 March 1970…

Thursday · Belgrade, Central Serbia, Serbia

Aleksandar, you arrived on 5 March 1970 in Belgrade.

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01The weather outside

A high of 12°C in Belgrade.

12°C/ 54°F high

Low of 6°C · 2.0 mm of rain

The sun rose at 06:09 and set at 17:30 — 11h 20m of daylight.

02The sky that night

A waning crescent watched over you.

5% lit · 27.3 days into its cycle

Looking up from Belgrade that evening, you could have spotted Saturn and Uranus without a telescope.

It was spring in your half of the world.

The Moon was 360,157 km away — closer than usual.

03On every radio

The chart-topper that week: “Bridge Over Troubled Water”

by Simon & Garfunkel — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 6 weeks, taking over from “Thank You Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin/Everybody Is A Star”.

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04What a dollar bought

Your first receipt.

GENERAL STORE

PRICES IN THE U.S. · 1970-03-05

ITEM1970TODAYLoaf of white breadper lb≈$0.21$1.83Dozen eggsgrade A large≈$0.26$2.27Gallon of milkwhole≈$0.47$4.11Gallon of gasregular unleaded≈$0.51$4.48Pound of coffeeground roast≈$1.06$9.33Minimum wagefederal, per hour$1.60$7.25Median new homeUS sale price$23,900$393,300Postage stampfirst-class letter$0.06$0.78

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

2,957 weeks of them

0

full moons

have risen since your first night

0.00B

km travelled

56 laps around the Sun

06Born under

A Thursday's child, under Pisces.

Star sign

Pisces

Water sign

Chinese zodiac

Dog

Metal Dog

Birthstone

Aquamarine

for your month

Birth flower

Daffodil

for your month

Generation

Generation X

1965–1980

Day of the week

Thursday

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