Rewinding to Saturday, March 27, 1971…

Saturday · Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Nathan, you arrived on March 27, 1971 in Edmonton.

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01The weather outside

A high of -2°C in Edmonton.

-2°C/ 29°F high

Low of -16°C · dry

The sun rose at 6:20 am and set at 6:59 pm — 12h 39m of daylight.

02The sky that night

A waxing crescent watched over you.

3% lit · 1.6 days into its cycle

Looking up from Edmonton that evening, you could have spotted Saturn and Uranus without a telescope.

It was spring in your half of the world.

The Moon was 360,359 km 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

PRICES IN THE U.S. · 1971-03-27

ITEM1971TODAYLoaf of white breadper lb≈$0.22$1.83Dozen eggsgrade A large≈$0.27$2.27Gallon of milkwhole≈$0.49$4.11Gallon of gasregular unleaded≈$0.53$4.48Pound of coffeeground roast≈$1.11$9.33Minimum wagefederal, per hour$1.60$7.25Median new homeUS sale price$24,300$393,300Postage stampfirst-class letter$0.06$0.78

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

km travelled

55 laps around the Sun

06Born under

A Saturday'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

Saturday

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