Rewinding to Thursday 10 January 1974…
Thursday · Masterton, Wellington Region, New Zealand
The world on 10 January 1974 in Masterton.
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
Looking up the weather in Masterton…
02The sky that night
A waning gibbous watched over you.
95% lit · 16.9 days into its cycle
Looking up from Masterton that evening, you could have spotted Mars and Saturn without a telescope.
It was summer in your half of the world.
The Moon was 360,109 km away — closer than usual.
03On every radio
The chart-topper that week: “Time In A Bottle”
by Jim Croce — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 2 weeks, taking over from “The Most Beautiful Girl”.
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04What a dollar bought
Your first receipt.
GENERAL STORE
PRICES IN THE U.S. · 1974-01-10
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
2,756 weeks of them
0
full moons
have risen since your first night
0.00B
km travelled
52 laps around the Sun
06Born under
A Thursday's child, under Capricorn.
Star sign
Capricorn
Earth sign
Chinese zodiac
Ox
Water Ox
Birthstone
Garnet
for your month
Birth flower
Carnation
for your month
Generation
Generation X
1965–1980
Day of the week
Thursday
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