Rewinding to Sunday, February 4, 1973…
Sunday · East Los Angeles, California, United States
The world on February 4, 1973 in East Los Angeles.
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
A high of 66°F in East Los Angeles.
66°F/ 19°C high
Low of 53°F · 0.28 in of rain
The sun rose at 6:47 am and set at 5:26 pm — 10h 39m of daylight.
02The sky that night
A waxing crescent watched over you.
4% lit · 1.8 days into its cycle
Looking up from East Los Angeles that evening, you could have spotted Saturn without a telescope.
It was winter in your half of the world.
The Moon was 239,155 miles away, right about average.
03On every radio
The chart-topper that week: “Crocodile Rock”
by Elton John — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 3 weeks, taking over from “Superstition”.
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04What a dollar bought
Your first receipt.
GENERAL STORE
EAST LOS ANGELES · 1973-02-04
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
2,805 weeks of them
0
full moons
have risen since your first night
0.00B
miles traveled
53 laps around the Sun
06Born under
A Sunday's child, under Aquarius.
Star sign
Aquarius
Air sign
Chinese zodiac
Ox
Water Ox
Birthstone
Amethyst
for your month
Birth flower
Violet
for your month
Generation
Generation X
1965–1980
Day of the week
Sunday
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