Rewinding to Saturday 9 September 1972…
Saturday · Šibenik, Croatia
Goran, you arrived 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.
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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