Rewinding to Friday 16 June 1972…

Friday · Seoul, South Korea

John, you arrived on 16 June 1972 in Seoul.

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01The weather outside

A high of 23°C in Seoul.

23°C/ 73°F high

Low of 15°C · dry

The sun rose at 05:10 and set at 19:55 — 14h 45m of daylight.

02The sky that night

A waxing crescent watched over you.

29% lit · 5.3 days into its cycle

Looking up from Seoul that evening, you could have spotted Mars, Jupiter, Uranus without a telescope.

It was summer in your half of the world.

The Moon was 387,492 km away, right about average.

03On every radio

The chart-topper that week: “The Candy Man”

by Sammy Davis, Jr. with The Mike Curb Congregation — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 3 weeks, taking over from “I'll Take You There”.

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04What a dollar bought

Your first receipt.

GENERAL STORE

PRICES IN THE U.S. · 1972-06-16

ITEM1972TODAYLoaf of white breadper lb≈$0.23$1.83Dozen eggsgrade A large≈$0.28$2.27Gallon of milkwhole≈$0.51$4.11Gallon of gasregular unleaded≈$0.56$4.48Pound of coffeeground roast≈$1.16$9.33Minimum wagefederal, per hour$1.60$7.25Median new homeUS sale price$26,800$393,300Postage stampfirst-class letter$0.08$0.78

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

2,838 weeks of them

0

full moons

have risen since your first night

0.00B

km travelled

54 laps around the Sun

06Born under

A Friday'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

Friday

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