Rewinding to Sunday, October 29, 1972…
Sunday · Omaha, Nebraska, United States
Gabrielle, you arrived on October 29, 1972 in Omaha.
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
A high of 53°F in Omaha.
53°F/ 12°C high
Low of 30°F · dry
The sun rose at 6:51 am and set at 5:22 pm — 10h 31m of daylight.
02The sky that night
A last quarter watched over you.
40% lit · 23.1 days into its cycle
Looking up from Omaha that evening, you could have spotted Saturn without a telescope.
It was autumn in your half of the world.
The Moon was 238,885 miles away, right about average.
03On every radio
The chart-topper that week: “My Ding-A-Ling”
by Chuck Berry — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 2 weeks, taking over from “Ben”.
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04What a dollar bought
Your first receipt.
GENERAL STORE
OMAHA · 1972-10-29
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
2,819 weeks of them
0
full moons
have risen since your first night
0.00B
miles traveled
54 laps around the Sun
06Born under
A Sunday's child, under Scorpio.
Star sign
Scorpio
Water sign
Chinese zodiac
Rat
Water Rat
Birthstone
Opal
for your month
Birth flower
Marigold
for your month
Generation
Generation X
1965–1980
Day of the week
Sunday
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