Rewinding to Monday, April 17, 1972…
Monday · Houston, Texas, United States
Jennifer, you arrived on April 17, 1972 in Houston.
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
A high of 80°F in Houston.
80°F/ 27°C high
Low of 62°F · dry
The sun rose at 5:52 am and set at 6:49 pm — 12h 57m of daylight.
02The sky that night
A waxing crescent watched over you.
25% lit · 4.9 days into its cycle
Looking up from Houston that evening, you could have spotted Venus, Mars, Saturn, Uranus without a telescope.
It was spring in your half of the world.
The Moon was 229,723 miles away — closer than usual.
03On every radio
The chart-topper that week: “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face”
by Roberta Flack — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 6 weeks, taking over from “A Horse With No Name”.
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04What a dollar bought
Your first receipt.
GENERAL STORE
HOUSTON · 1972-04-17
BREAD COSTS 8.0× 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
2,846 weeks of them
0
full moons
have risen since your first night
0.00B
miles traveled
54 laps around the Sun
06Born under
A Monday's child, under Aries.
Star sign
Aries
Fire sign
Chinese zodiac
Rat
Water Rat
Birthstone
Diamond
for your month
Birth flower
Daisy
for your month
Generation
Generation X
1965–1980
Day of the week
Monday
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