Rewinding to Thursday, August 15, 1974…
Thursday · Springdale, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
Natasha, you arrived on August 15, 1974 in Springdale.
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
Looking up the weather in Springdale…
02The sky that night
A waning crescent watched over you.
5% lit · 27.4 days into its cycle
No bright planets were above Springdale's horizon that evening — the moon had the sky to itself.
It was summer in your half of the world.
The Moon was 359,229 km away — closer than usual.
03On every radio
The chart-topper that week: “Feel Like Makin' Love”
by Roberta Flack — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 1 week, taking over from “Annie's Song”.
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04What a dollar bought
Your first receipt.
GENERAL STORE
PRICES IN THE U.S. · 1974-08-15
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
2,725 weeks of them
0
full moons
have risen since your first night
0.00B
km travelled
52 laps around the Sun
06Born under
A Thursday's child, under Leo.
Star sign
Leo
Fire sign
Chinese zodiac
Tiger
Wood Tiger
Birthstone
Peridot
for your month
Birth flower
Gladiolus
for your month
Generation
Generation X
1965–1980
Day of the week
Thursday
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