Rewinding to Saturday 12 January 1974…
Saturday · Whiston, England, United Kingdom
Melanie, you arrived on 12 January 1974 in Whiston.
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
It was drizzle in Whiston.
11°C/ 52°F high
Low of 6°C · 2.4 mm of rain · wind up to 29 mph
The sun rose at 08:21 and set at 16:17 — 7h 56m of daylight.
02The sky that night
A waning gibbous watched over you.
75% lit · 19.7 days into its cycle
Looking up from Whiston that evening, you could have spotted Mars and Saturn without a telescope.
It was winter in your half of the world.
The Moon was 231,778 miles away — closer than usual.
03On every radio
The chart-topper that week: “The Joker”
by The Steve Miller Band — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 1 week, taking over from “Time In A Bottle”.
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04What a pound bought
Your first receipt.
GENERAL STORE
PRICES IN UNITED KINGDOM · 1974-01-12
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
2,756 weeks of them
0
full moons
have risen since your first night
0.00B
miles traveled
52 laps around the Sun
06Born under
A Saturday'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
Saturday
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