Rewinding to Monday, March 22, 1971…
Monday · Southfield, Michigan, United States
Keegan-Michael, you arrived on March 22, 1971 in Southfield.
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
A high of 33°F in Southfield.
33°F/ 1°C high
Low of 22°F · 0.15 in of rain
The sun rose at 6:33 am and set at 6:46 pm — 12h 13m of daylight.
02The sky that night
A waning crescent watched over you.
19% lit · 25.3 days into its cycle
Looking up from Southfield that evening, you could have spotted Saturn and Uranus without a telescope.
It was spring in your half of the world.
The Moon was 227,886 miles away — closer than usual.
03On every radio
The chart-topper that week: “Me And Bobby McGee”
by Janis Joplin — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 2 weeks, taking over from “One Bad Apple”.
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04What a dollar bought
Your first receipt.
GENERAL STORE
SOUTHFIELD · 1971-03-22
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
2,902 weeks of them
0
full moons
have risen since your first night
0.00B
miles traveled
55 laps around the Sun
06Born under
A Monday's child, under Aries.
Star sign
Aries
Fire 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
Monday
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