Rewinding to Wednesday 8 September 1971…
Wednesday · Aldershot, England, United Kingdom
The world on 8 September 1971 in Aldershot.
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
It was mostly clear in Aldershot.
21°C/ 71°F high
Low of 11°C · dry · wind up to 12 mph
The sun rose at 05:25 and set at 18:35 — 13h 9m of daylight.
02The sky that night
A waning gibbous watched over you.
81% lit · 19 days into its cycle
Looking up from Aldershot that evening, you could have spotted Mars and Jupiter without a telescope.
It was autumn in your half of the world.
The Moon was 226,436 miles away — closer than usual.
03On every radio
The chart-topper that week: “Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey”
by Paul & Linda McCartney — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 1 week, taking over from “How Can You Mend A Broken Heart”.
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04What a pound bought
Your first receipt.
GENERAL STORE
PRICES IN UNITED KINGDOM · 1971-09-08
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
2,878 weeks of them
0
full moons
have risen since your first night
0.00B
miles traveled
55 laps around the Sun
06Born under
A Wednesday's child, under Virgo.
Star sign
Virgo
Earth sign
Chinese zodiac
Pig
Metal Pig
Birthstone
Sapphire
for your month
Birth flower
Aster
for your month
Generation
Generation X
1965–1980
Day of the week
Wednesday
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