Rewinding to Saturday 20 November 1971…
Saturday · Rome, Lazio, Italy
The world on 20 November 1971 in Rome.
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
A high of 9°C in Rome.
9°C/ 49°F high
Low of 2°C · 10.6 mm of rain
The sun rose at 07:04 and set at 16:45 — 9h 41m of daylight.
02The sky that night
A waxing crescent watched over you.
7% lit · 2.6 days into its cycle
Looking up from Rome that evening, you could have spotted Mars and Saturn without a telescope.
It was autumn in your half of the world.
The Moon was 393,760 km away — farther than usual.
03On every radio
The chart-topper that week: “Theme From Shaft”
by Isaac Hayes — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 2 weeks, taking over from “Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves”.
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04What a dollar bought
Your first receipt.
GENERAL STORE
PRICES IN THE U.S. · 1971-11-20
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
2,868 weeks of them
0
full moons
have risen since your first night
0.00B
km travelled
54 laps around the Sun
06Born under
A Saturday's child, under Scorpio.
Star sign
Scorpio
Water sign
Chinese zodiac
Pig
Metal Pig
Birthstone
Topaz
for your month
Birth flower
Chrysanthemum
for your month
Generation
Generation X
1965–1980
Day of the week
Saturday
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