Rewinding to Saturday, June 1, 1974…

Saturday · Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Alanis, you arrived on June 1, 1974 in Ottawa.

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01The weather outside

A high of 22°C in Ottawa.

22°C/ 72°F high

Low of 10°C · dry

The sun rose at 5:17 am and set at 8:43 pm — 15h 26m of daylight.

02The sky that night

A waxing gibbous watched over you.

92% lit · 12 days into its cycle

Looking up from Ottawa that evening, you could have spotted Mercury, Mars, Saturn, Uranus without a telescope.

It was summer in your half of the world.

The Moon was 387,864 km away, right about average.

03On every radio

The chart-topper that week: “The Streak”

by Ray Stevens — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 3 weeks, taking over from “The Loco-Motion”.

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04What a dollar bought

Your first receipt.

GENERAL STORE

PRICES IN THE U.S. · 1974-06-01

ITEM1974TODAYLoaf of white breadper lb≈$0.27$1.83Dozen eggsgrade A large≈$0.33$2.27Gallon of milkwhole≈$0.60$4.11Gallon of gasregular unleaded≈$0.65$4.48Pound of coffeeground roast≈$1.36$9.33Minimum wagefederal, per hour$2.00$7.25Median new homeUS sale price$35,600$393,300Postage stampfirst-class letter$0.10$0.78

BREAD COSTS 6.8× 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

2,736 weeks of them

0

full moons

have risen since your first night

0.00B

km travelled

52 laps around the Sun

06Born under

A Saturday's child, under Gemini.

Star sign

Gemini

Air sign

Chinese zodiac

Tiger

Wood Tiger

Birthstone

Pearl

for your month

Birth flower

Rose

for your month

Generation

Generation X

1965–1980

Day of the week

Saturday

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