Rewinding to Wednesday 13 February 1974…
Wednesday · Stoke-on-Trent, England, United Kingdom
The world on 13 February 1974 in Stoke-on-Trent.
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
A high of 7°C in Stoke-on-Trent.
7°C/ 45°F high
Low of 2°C · 4.6 mm of rain
The sun rose at 07:31 and set at 17:15 — 9h 45m of daylight.
02The sky that night
A last quarter watched over you.
51% lit · 22 days into its cycle
Looking up from Stoke-on-Trent that evening, you could have spotted Mars and Saturn without a telescope.
It was winter in your half of the world.
The Moon was 245,409 miles away — farther than usual.
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”.
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04What a pound bought
Your first receipt.
GENERAL STORE
PRICES IN UNITED KINGDOM · 1974-02-13
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
2,751 weeks of them
0
full moons
have risen since your first night
0.00B
miles traveled
52 laps around the Sun
06Born under
A Wednesday'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
Wednesday
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