Rewinding to Tuesday, December 15, 1970…
Tuesday · Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Michael, you arrived on December 15, 1970 in Vancouver.
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
A high of 8°C in Vancouver.
8°C/ 46°F high
Low of 4°C · 10.7 mm of rain
The sun rose at 8:01 am and set at 4:14 pm — 8h 13m of daylight.
02The sky that night
A waning gibbous watched over you.
89% lit · 18 days into its cycle
Looking up from Vancouver that evening, you could have spotted Saturn without a telescope.
It was winter in your half of the world.
The Moon was 397,765 km away — farther than usual.
03On every radio
The chart-topper that week: “The Tears Of A Clown”
by Smokey Robinson & The Miracles — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 2 weeks, taking over from “I Think I Love You”.
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04What a dollar bought
Your first receipt.
GENERAL STORE
PRICES IN THE U.S. · 1970-12-15
BREAD COSTS 8.3× 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
2,916 weeks of them
0
full moons
have risen since your first night
0.00B
km travelled
55 laps around the Sun
06Born under
A Tuesday's child, under Sagittarius.
Star sign
Sagittarius
Fire sign
Chinese zodiac
Dog
Metal Dog
Birthstone
Turquoise
for your month
Birth flower
Narcissus
for your month
Generation
Generation X
1965–1980
Day of the week
Tuesday
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