Rewinding to Wednesday, June 26, 1974…
Wednesday · Pequannock, New Jersey, United States
Derek, you arrived on June 26, 1974 in Pequannock.
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
A high of 61°F in Pequannock.
61°F/ 16°C high
Low of 53°F · 0.17 in of rain
The sun rose at 5:26 am and set at 8:33 pm — 15h 7m of daylight.
Measured at the Canoe brook weather station, 12 km away (NOAA GHCN-Daily). Sunrise and sunset are calculated for this city.
Reconstructed from historical climate data — the closest thing we have to a weather time machine.
02The sky that night
A first quarter watched over you.
53% lit · 7.6 days into its cycle
Looking up from Pequannock that evening, you could have spotted Mars and Uranus without a telescope.
It was summer in your half of the world.
The Moon was 234,949 miles away, right about average.
03On every radio
The chart-topper that week: “Billy, Don't Be A Hero”
by Bo Donaldson And The Heywoods — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 2 weeks, taking over from “Band On The Run”.
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04What a dollar bought
Your first receipt.
GENERAL STORE
PEQUANNOCK · 1974-06-26
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
2,732 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 Cancer.
Star sign
Cancer
Water 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
Wednesday
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