Rewinding to Tuesday 6 June 1972…
Tuesday · Shimokawa, Hokkaido, Japan
Noriaki, you arrived on 6 June 1972 in Shimokawa.
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
It was light drizzle in Shimokawa.
23°C/ 74°F high
Low of 14°C · 0.6 mm of rain · wind up to 28 km/h
The sun rose at 03:46 and set at 19:09 — 15h 23m of daylight.
02The sky that night
A waning crescent watched over you.
32% lit · 23.9 days into its cycle
Looking up from Shimokawa that evening, you could have spotted Uranus without a telescope.
It was summer in your half of the world.
The Moon was 369,014 km away — closer than usual.
03On every radio
The chart-topper that week: “I'll Take You There”
by The Staple Singers — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 1 week, taking over from “Oh Girl”.
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04What a dollar bought
Your first receipt.
GENERAL STORE
PRICES IN THE U.S. · 1972-06-06
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
2,839 weeks of them
0
full moons
have risen since your first night
0.00B
km travelled
54 laps around the Sun
06Born under
A Tuesday's child, under Gemini.
Star sign
Gemini
Air sign
Chinese zodiac
Rat
Water Rat
Birthstone
Pearl
for your month
Birth flower
Rose
for your month
Generation
Generation X
1965–1980
Day of the week
Tuesday
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