Rewinding to Sunday, February 10, 1974…

Sunday · Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States

Elizabeth, you arrived on February 10, 1974 in Pittsfield.

Scroll back in time ↓

01The weather outside

A high of 23°F in Pittsfield.

23°F/ -5°C high

Low of 4°F · 0.01 in of rain

The sun rose at 7:56 am and set at 6:18 pm — 10h 22m of daylight.

02The sky that night

A waning gibbous watched over you.

79% lit · 19.3 days into its cycle

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

It was winter in your half of the world.

The Moon was 235,105 miles away, right about average.

03On every radio

The chart-topper that week: “Love's Theme”

by Love Unlimited Orchestra — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 1 week, taking over from “The Way We Were”.

Tap the cover for a 30-second preview

Make your song a Story ↓

04What a dollar bought

Your first receipt.

GENERAL STORE

PITTSFIELD · 1974-02-10

ITEM1974TODAYLoaf of white breadper lb≈$0.26$1.83Dozen eggsgrade A large≈$0.32$2.27Gallon of milkwhole≈$0.58$4.11Gallon of gasregular unleaded≈$0.63$4.48Pound of coffeeground roast≈$1.31$9.33Minimum wagefederal, per hour$1.60$7.25Median new homeUS sale price$35,200$393,300Postage stampfirst-class letter$0.08$0.78

BREAD COSTS 7.0× 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

2,752 weeks of them

0

full moons

have risen since your first night

0.00B

miles traveled

52 laps around the Sun

06Born under

A Sunday's child, under Aquarius.

Star sign

Aquarius

Air sign

Chinese zodiac

Tiger

Wood Tiger

Birthstone

Amethyst

for your month

Birth flower

Violet

for your month

Generation

Generation X

1965–1980

Day of the week

Sunday

And so much more you’d never guess or remember.

Unlock the rest of your day · $1.99Every chapter + your certificate

Apple Pay · Google Pay · card · one-time, no account

28,333 people opened their day this month

Keep it

Post your arrival day.

A card for your Story, with the weather, the song and the moon of your first day.

9:16, made for TikTok, Reels and Stories

Give a day

Send someone their day.

A birthday, wedding or new-baby card. Their #1 song plays as the envelope opens, then your message, then their whole day, nothing sealed, with a certificate in their name.

Make a card · $9.99🎄 Or a Christmas card: it opens Christmas morning →

One-time · they never see a price

Compare your day with someone’s →

Your mom, your partner, your best friend: add their birthday and see the world between your two days.

Everything about 1974 in the U.S.: prices, #1 songs, news →