Rewinding to Wednesday, October 3, 1973…

Wednesday · Guelph, Ontario, Canada

The world on October 3, 1973 in Guelph.

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01The weather outside

A high of 21°C in Guelph.

21°C/ 70°F high

Low of 11°C · dry

The sun rose at 7:20 am and set at 6:58 pm — 11h 38m of daylight.

02The sky that night

A first quarter watched over you.

46% lit · 7 days into its cycle

Looking up from Guelph that evening, you could have spotted Mars and Jupiter without a telescope.

It was autumn in your half of the world.

The Moon was 404,153 km away — farther than usual.

03On every radio

The chart-topper that week: “We're An American Band”

by Grand Funk — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 1 week, taking over from “Let's Get It On”.

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04What a dollar bought

Your first receipt.

GENERAL STORE

PRICES IN THE U.S. · 1973-10-03

ITEM1973TODAYLoaf of white breadper lb≈$0.25$1.83Dozen eggsgrade A large≈$0.31$2.27Gallon of milkwhole≈$0.56$4.11Gallon of gasregular unleaded≈$0.61$4.48Pound of coffeeground roast≈$1.27$9.33Minimum wagefederal, per hour$1.60$7.25Median new homeUS sale price$34,000$393,300Postage stampfirst-class letter$0.08$0.78

BREAD COSTS 7.3× 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

2,770 weeks of them

0

full moons

have risen since your first night

0.00B

km travelled

53 laps around the Sun

06Born under

A Wednesday's child, under Libra.

Star sign

Libra

Air sign

Chinese zodiac

Ox

Water Ox

Birthstone

Opal

for your month

Birth flower

Marigold

for your month

Generation

Generation X

1965–1980

Day of the week

Wednesday

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