Rewinding to Thursday 29 November 1973…
Thursday · Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom
Ryan, you arrived on 29 November 1973 in Cardiff.
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
It was light drizzle in Cardiff.
10°C/ 50°F high
Low of 0°C · dry · wind up to 15 mph
The sun rose at 07:53 and set at 16:09 — 8h 16m of daylight.
02The sky that night
A waxing crescent watched over you.
21% lit · 4.5 days into its cycle
Looking up from Cardiff that evening, you could have spotted Mars and Saturn without a telescope.
It was autumn in your half of the world.
The Moon was 251,652 miles away — farther than usual.
03On every radio
The chart-topper that week: “Photograph”
by Ringo Starr — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 1 week, taking over from “Keep On Truckin' (Part 1)”.
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04What a pound bought
Your first receipt.
GENERAL STORE
PRICES IN UNITED KINGDOM · 1973-11-29
Measured shop prices
Prices: Office for National Statistics (UK)
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
2,762 weeks of them
0
full moons
have risen since your first night
0.00B
miles traveled
52 laps around the Sun
06Born under
A Thursday's child, under Sagittarius.
Star sign
Sagittarius
Fire sign
Chinese zodiac
Ox
Water Ox
Birthstone
Topaz
for your month
Birth flower
Chrysanthemum
for your month
Generation
Generation X
1965–1980
Day of the week
Thursday
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