Rewinding to Saturday 3 July 1971…

Saturday · Townsville City Center, Queensland, Australia

The world on 3 July 1971 in Townsville City Center.

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01The weather outside

Looking up the weather in Townsville City Center…

02The sky that night

A waxing gibbous watched over you.

75% lit · 9.8 days into its cycle

Looking up from Townsville City Center that evening, you could have spotted Jupiter and Uranus without a telescope.

It was winter in your half of the world.

The Moon was 398,313 km away — farther than usual.

03On every radio

The chart-topper that week: “It's Too Late/I Feel The Earth Move”

by Carole King — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 5 weeks, taking over from “Want Ads”.

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04What a dollar bought

Your first receipt.

GENERAL STORE

PRICES IN THE U.S. · 1971-07-03

ITEM1971TODAYLoaf of white breadper lb≈$0.22$1.83Dozen eggsgrade A large≈$0.27$2.27Gallon of milkwhole≈$0.50$4.11Gallon of gasregular unleaded≈$0.54$4.48Pound of coffeeground roast≈$1.13$9.33Minimum wagefederal, per hour$1.60$7.25Median new homeUS sale price$25,300$393,300Postage stampfirst-class letter$0.08$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

2,888 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 Cancer.

Star sign

Cancer

Water sign

Chinese zodiac

Pig

Metal Pig

Birthstone

Ruby

for your month

Birth flower

Larkspur

for your month

Generation

Generation X

1965–1980

Day of the week

Saturday

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