Rewinding to Tuesday, May 2, 1972…
Tuesday · Hayward, California, United States
The world on May 2, 1972 in Hayward.
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
A high of 86°F in Hayward.
86°F/ 30°C high
Low of 49°F · dry
The sun rose at 6:11 am and set at 7:59 pm — 13h 48m of daylight.
Measured at the San josE weather station, 3 km away (NOAA GHCN-Daily). Sunrise and sunset are calculated for this city.
Reconstructed from historical climate data — the closest thing we have to a weather time machine.
02The sky that night
A waning gibbous watched over you.
82% lit · 18.9 days into its cycle
Looking up from Hayward 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 247,662 miles away — farther 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
HAYWARD · 1972-05-02
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
2,844 weeks of them
0
full moons
have risen since your first night
0.00B
miles travelled
54 laps around the Sun
06Born under
A Tuesday's child, under Taurus.
Star sign
Taurus
Earth sign
Chinese zodiac
Rat
Water Rat
Birthstone
Emerald
for your month
Birth flower
Lily of the valley
for your month
Generation
Generation X
1965–1980
Day of the week
Tuesday
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