Rewinding to Saturday 9 September 1972…
Saturday · Šibenik, Croatia
The world on 9 September 1972 in Šibenik.
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
It was rain in Šibenik.
20°C/ 69°F high
Low of 19°C · 69.9 mm of rain · wind up to 23 km/h
The sun rose at 05:28 and set at 18:17 — 12h 49m of daylight.
02The sky that night
A waxing crescent watched over you.
5% lit · 2 days into its cycle
Looking up from Šibenik that evening, you could have spotted Jupiter without a telescope.
It was autumn in your half of the world.
The Moon was 398,512 km 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 “Brandy (You're A Fine Girl)”.
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04What a dollar bought
Your first receipt.
Croatia’s shop prices from 1972 aren’t in the records we use, so here is what the same basket cost in the US that day.
GENERAL STORE
PRICES IN THE U.S. · 1972-09-09
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
2,826 weeks of them
0
full moons
have risen since your first night
0.00B
km travelled
54 laps around the Sun
06Born under
A Saturday's child, under Virgo.
Star sign
Virgo
Earth sign
Chinese zodiac
Rat
Water Rat
Birthstone
Sapphire
for your month
Birth flower
Aster
for your month
Generation
Generation X
1965–1980
Day of the week
Saturday
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