Rewinding to Monday 22 January 1973…

Monday · Pato Branco, Paraná, Brazil

The world on 22 January 1973 in Pato Branco.

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01The weather outside

Looking up the weather in Pato Branco…

02The sky that night

A waning gibbous watched over you.

80% lit · 19.1 days into its cycle

Looking up from Pato Branco that evening, you could have spotted Saturn without a telescope.

It was summer in your half of the world.

The Moon was 386,230 km away, right about average.

03On every radio

The chart-topper that week: “You're So Vain”

by Carly Simon — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 3 weeks, taking over from “Me And Mrs. Jones”.

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04What a dollar bought

Your first receipt.

GENERAL STORE

PRICES IN THE U.S. · 1973-01-22

ITEM1973TODAYLoaf of white breadper lb≈$0.23$1.83Dozen eggsgrade A large≈$0.29$2.27Gallon of milkwhole≈$0.52$4.11Gallon of gasregular unleaded≈$0.57$4.48Pound of coffeeground roast≈$1.18$9.33Minimum wagefederal, per hour$1.60$7.25Median new homeUS sale price$30,200$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

2,806 weeks of them

0

full moons

have risen since your first night

0.00B

km travelled

53 laps around the Sun

06Born under

A Monday's child, under Aquarius.

Star sign

Aquarius

Air sign

Chinese zodiac

Rat

Water Rat

Birthstone

Garnet

for your month

Birth flower

Carnation

for your month

Generation

Generation X

1965–1980

Day of the week

Monday

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