Rewinding to Thursday 27 May 1971…

Thursday · London, England, United Kingdom

The world on 27 May 1971 in London.

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01The weather outside

A high of 15°C in London.

15°C/ 59°F high

Low of 8°C · 3.5 mm of rain

The sun rose at 04:54 and set at 21:01 — 16h 7m of daylight.

02The sky that night

A waxing crescent watched over you.

13% lit · 3.5 days into its cycle

Looking up from London that evening, you could have spotted Uranus without a telescope.

It was spring in your half of the world.

The Moon was 239,713 miles away, right about average.

03On every radio

The chart-topper that week: “Joy To The World”

by Three Dog Night — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 6 weeks, taking over from “Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me)”.

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04What a pound bought

Your first receipt.

GENERAL STORE

PRICES IN UNITED KINGDOM · 1971-05-27

ITEM1971TODAYSliced white loaf800 g£0.10£1.44Litre of milkfresh£0.10£1.17Kilo of flourwheat£0.08£0.57Kilo of bananas1 kg£0.18£1.05Kilo of sugarwhite£0.09£1.18Kilo of chickenwhole£0.47£3.87

Measured shop prices

Prices: Office for National Statistics (UK)

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

2,893 weeks of them

0

full moons

have risen since your first night

0.00B

miles traveled

55 laps around the Sun

06Born under

A Thursday's child, under Gemini.

Star sign

Gemini

Air sign

Chinese zodiac

Pig

Metal Pig

Birthstone

Emerald

for your month

Birth flower

Lily of the valley

for your month

Generation

Generation X

1965–1980

Day of the week

Thursday

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