Rewinding to Sunday 26 April 1970…

Sunday · Novo Mesto, Slovenia

The world on 26 April 1970 in Novo Mesto.

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01The weather outside

A high of 16°C in Novo Mesto.

16°C/ 61°F high

Low of 8°C · 4.2 mm of rain

The sun rose at 04:55 and set at 18:59 — 14h 4m of daylight.

Estimated by NOAA’s 20th Century Reanalysis on a regional grid (about 100 km). Sunrise and sunset are calculated for this city.

Reconstructed from historical climate data — the closest thing we have to a weather time machine.

02The sky that night

A waning gibbous watched over you.

71% lit · 20.1 days into its cycle

Looking up from Novo Mesto that evening, you could have spotted Mars, Jupiter, Uranus without a telescope.

It was spring in your half of the world.

The Moon was 372,332 km away — closer than usual.

03On every radio

The chart-topper that week: “ABC”

by Jackson 5 — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 2 weeks, taking over from “Let It Be”.

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04What a dollar bought

Your first receipt.

GENERAL STORE

PRICES IN THE U.S. · 1970-04-26

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≈$1.07$9.33Minimum wagefederal, per hour$1.60$7.25Median new homeUS sale price$24,400$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

2,949 weeks of them

0

full moons

have risen since your first night

0.00B

km travelled

56 laps around the Sun

06Born under

A Sunday's child, under Taurus.

Star sign

Taurus

Earth sign

Chinese zodiac

Dog

Metal Dog

Birthstone

Diamond

for your month

Birth flower

Daisy

for your month

Generation

Generation X

1965–1980

Day of the week

Sunday

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