Rewinding to Tuesday 25 August 1970…
Tuesday · Rheinberg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
The world on 25 August 1970 in Rheinberg.
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
A high of 21°C in Rheinberg.
21°C/ 69°F high
Low of 13°C · dry
The sun rose at 05:33 and set at 19:36 — 14h 2m of daylight.
02The sky that night
A waning crescent watched over you.
30% lit · 24 days into its cycle
No bright planets were above Rheinberg's horizon that evening — the moon had the sky to itself.
It was summer in your half of the world.
The Moon was 395,820 km away — farther than usual.
03On every radio
The chart-topper that week: “Make It With You”
by Bread — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 1 week, taking over from “(They Long To Be) Close To You”.
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04What a dollar bought
Your first receipt.
Germany’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. · 1970-08-25
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
2,932 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 Virgo.
Star sign
Virgo
Earth sign
Chinese zodiac
Dog
Metal Dog
Birthstone
Peridot
for your month
Birth flower
Gladiolus
for your month
Generation
Generation X
1965–1980
Day of the week
Tuesday
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