Rewinding to Thursday, May 17, 1973…
Thursday · Los Angeles, California, United States
Sasha, you arrived on May 17, 1973 in Los Angeles.
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
A high of 75°F in Los Angeles.
75°F/ 24°C high
Low of 57°F · dry
The sun rose at 5:49 am and set at 7:49 pm — 13h 59m of daylight.
02The sky that night
A full moon watched over you.
99% lit · 15.6 days into its cycle
Looking up from Los Angeles that evening, you could have spotted Saturn and Uranus without a telescope.
It was spring in your half of the world.
The Moon was 251,794 miles away — farther than usual.
03On every radio
The chart-topper that week: “Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round The Ole Oak Tree”
by Dawn Featuring Tony Orlando — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 4 weeks, taking over from “The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia”.
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04What a dollar bought
Your first receipt.
GENERAL STORE
LOS ANGELES · 1973-05-17
BREAD COSTS 7.6× 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
2,790 weeks of them
0
full moons
have risen since your first night
0.00B
miles traveled
53 laps around the Sun
06Born under
A Thursday's child, under Taurus.
Star sign
Taurus
Earth sign
Chinese zodiac
Ox
Water Ox
Birthstone
Emerald
for your month
Birth flower
Lily of the valley
for your month
Generation
Generation X
1965–1980
Day of the week
Thursday
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