Rewinding to Sunday, March 7, 1971…
Sunday · Scott Air Force Base, Illinois, United States
The world on March 7, 1971 in Scott Air Force Base.
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
A high of 35°F in Scott Air Force Base.
35°F/ 2°C high
Low of 24°F · dry
The sun rose at 6:23 am and set at 5:58 pm — 11h 34m of daylight.
02The sky that night
A waxing gibbous watched over you.
86% lit · 11.2 days into its cycle
Looking up from Scott Air Force Base that evening, you could have spotted Saturn and Uranus without a telescope.
It was spring in your half of the world.
The Moon was 249,091 miles away — farther than usual.
03On every radio
The chart-topper that week: “One Bad Apple”
by The Osmonds — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 5 weeks, taking over from “Knock Three Times”.
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04What a dollar bought
Your first receipt.
GENERAL STORE
SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE · 1971-03-07
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
2,905 weeks of them
0
full moons
have risen since your first night
0.00B
miles traveled
55 laps around the Sun
06Born under
A Sunday's child, under Pisces.
Star sign
Pisces
Water sign
Chinese zodiac
Pig
Metal Pig
Birthstone
Aquamarine
for your month
Birth flower
Daffodil
for your month
Generation
Generation X
1965–1980
Day of the week
Sunday
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