Rewinding to Tuesday, August 15, 1972…
Tuesday · Berkeley, California, United States
The world on August 15, 1972 in Berkeley.
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
A high of 65°F in Berkeley.
65°F/ 18°C high
Low of 55°F · dry
The sun rose at 6:24 am and set at 8:01 pm — 13h 37m of daylight.
Measured at the San francisCo dwtn weather station (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 first quarter watched over you.
42% lit · 6.6 days into its cycle
Looking up from Berkeley that evening, you could have spotted Jupiter without a telescope.
It was summer in your half of the world.
The Moon was 251,091 miles away — farther than usual.
03On every radio
The chart-topper that week: “Alone Again (Naturally)”
by Gilbert O'Sullivan — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 6 weeks, taking over from “Lean On Me”.
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04What a dollar bought
Your first receipt.
GENERAL STORE
BERKELEY · 1972-08-15
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
2,829 weeks of them
0
full moons
have risen since your first night
0.00B
miles traveled
54 laps around the Sun
06Born under
A Tuesday's child, under Leo.
Star sign
Leo
Fire sign
Chinese zodiac
Rat
Water Rat
Birthstone
Peridot
for your month
Birth flower
Gladiolus
for your month
Generation
Generation X
1965–1980
Day of the week
Tuesday
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