Rewinding to Sunday, March 24, 1974…
Sunday · Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States
Alyson, you arrived on March 24, 1974 in Washington D.C..
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
A high of 56°F in Washington D.C..
56°F/ 13°C high
Low of 34°F · dry
The sun rose at 7:05 am and set at 7:23 pm — 12h 18m of daylight.
02The sky that night
A waxing crescent watched over you.
2% lit · 1.1 days into its cycle
Looking up from Washington D.C. that evening, you could have spotted Mars and Saturn without a telescope.
It was spring in your half of the world.
The Moon was 240,113 miles away, right about average.
03On every radio
The chart-topper that week: “Dark Lady”
by Cher — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 1 week, taking over from “Seasons In The Sun”.
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04What a dollar bought
Your first receipt.
GENERAL STORE
WASHINGTON D.C. · 1974-03-24
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
2,746 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 Aries.
Star sign
Aries
Fire sign
Chinese zodiac
Tiger
Wood Tiger
Birthstone
Aquamarine
for your month
Birth flower
Daffodil
for your month
Generation
Generation X
1965–1980
Day of the week
Sunday
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