Rewinding to Thursday 29 October 1970…
Thursday · Voorhout, South Holland, Netherlands
The world on 29 October 1970 in Voorhout.
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
A high of 15°C in Voorhout.
15°C/ 58°F high
Low of 8°C · 0.7 mm of rain
The sun rose at 07:31 and set at 17:19 — 9h 48m of daylight.
02The sky that night
A new moon watched over you.
0% lit · 29.1 days into its cycle
Looking up from Voorhout that evening, you could have spotted Saturn without a telescope.
It was autumn in your half of the world.
The Moon was 394,755 km away — farther than usual.
03On every radio
The chart-topper that week: “I'll Be There”
by Jackson 5 — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 5 weeks, taking over from “Cracklin' Rosie”.
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04What a dollar bought
Your first receipt.
GENERAL STORE
PRICES IN THE U.S. · 1970-10-29
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
2,923 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 Scorpio.
Star sign
Scorpio
Water 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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