Rewinding to Monday 29 April 1974…

Monday · Jakarta Pusat, Jakarta Special Capital Region, Indonesia

The world on 29 April 1974 in Jakarta Pusat.

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01The weather outside

A high of 28°C in Jakarta Pusat.

28°C/ 83°F high

Low of 26°C · 2.3 mm of rain

The sun rose at 05:53 and set at 17:47 — 11h 54m of daylight.

02The sky that night

A first quarter watched over you.

53% lit · 7.7 days into its cycle

Looking up from Jakarta Pusat that evening, you could have spotted Mars and Uranus without a telescope.

It was autumn in your half of the world.

The Moon was 370,359 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. · 1974-04-29

ITEM1974TODAYLoaf of white breadper lb≈$0.26$1.83Dozen eggsgrade A large≈$0.32$2.27Gallon of milkwhole≈$0.59$4.11Gallon of gasregular unleaded≈$0.64$4.48Pound of coffeeground roast≈$1.33$9.33Minimum wagefederal, per hour$1.60$7.25Median new homeUS sale price$35,600$393,300Postage stampfirst-class letter$0.10$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

2,740 weeks of them

0

full moons

have risen since your first night

0.00B

km travelled

52 laps around the Sun

06Born under

A Monday'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

Monday

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