Rewinding to Thursday, October 8, 1970…
Thursday · Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Matt, you arrived on October 8, 1970 in Cambridge.
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
A high of 73°F in Cambridge.
73°F/ 23°C high
Low of 56°F · dry
The sun rose at 6:48 am and set at 6:14 pm — 11h 26m of daylight.
Measured at the BosTon weather station, 4 km away (NOAA GHCN-Daily). 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 first quarter watched over you.
60% lit · 8.3 days into its cycle
Looking up from Cambridge that evening, you could have spotted Saturn without a telescope.
It was autumn in your half of the world.
The Moon was 230,846 miles away — closer than usual.
03On every radio
The chart-topper that week: “Ain't No Mountain High Enough”
by Diana Ross — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 3 weeks, taking over from “War”.
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04What a dollar bought
Your first receipt.
GENERAL STORE
CAMBRIDGE · 1970-10-08
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
2,926 weeks of them
0
full moons
have risen since your first night
0.00B
miles traveled
56 laps around the Sun
06Born under
A Thursday's child, under Libra.
Star sign
Libra
Air sign
Chinese zodiac
Dog
Metal Dog
Birthstone
Opal
for your month
Birth flower
Marigold
for your month
Generation
Generation X
1965–1980
Day of the week
Thursday
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