Rewinding to Sunday 28 April 1974…
Sunday · Alcobendas, Madrid, Spain
The world on 28 April 1974 in Alcobendas.
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
A high of 14°C in Alcobendas.
14°C/ 58°F high
Low of 6°C · 0.7 mm of rain
The sun rose at 07:18 and set at 21:06 — 13h 49m of daylight.
02The sky that night
A first quarter watched over you.
44% lit · 6.8 days into its cycle
Looking up from Alcobendas that evening, you could have spotted Mars, Saturn, Uranus without a telescope.
It was spring in your half of the world.
The Moon was 369,696 km away — closer than usual.
03On every radio
The chart-topper that week: “TSOP (The Sound Of Philadelphia)”
by MFSB Featuring The Three Degrees — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 2 weeks, taking over from “Bennie And The Jets”.
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04What a dollar bought
Your first receipt.
GENERAL STORE
PRICES IN THE U.S. · 1974-04-28
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
2,741 weeks of them
0
full moons
have risen since your first night
0.00B
km travelled
52 laps around the Sun
06Born under
A Sunday's child, under Taurus.
Star sign
Taurus
Earth sign
Chinese zodiac
Tiger
Wood Tiger
Birthstone
Diamond
for your month
Birth flower
Daisy
for your month
Generation
Generation X
1965–1980
Day of the week
Sunday
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