Rewinding to Tuesday 28 April 1970…
Tuesday · Buenos Aires, Argentina
The world on 28 April 1970 in Buenos Aires.
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
A high of 22°C in Buenos Aires.
22°C/ 72°F high
Low of 11°C · dry
The sun rose at 07:26 and set at 18:14 — 10h 48m of daylight.
02The sky that night
A last quarter watched over you.
47% lit · 22.4 days into its cycle
Looking up from Buenos Aires that evening, you could have spotted Jupiter and Uranus without a telescope.
It was autumn in your half of the world.
The Moon was 369,834 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.
Argentina’s shop prices from 1970 aren’t in the records we use, so here is what the same basket cost in the US that day.
GENERAL STORE
PRICES IN THE U.S. · 1970-04-28
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 Tuesday'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
Tuesday
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