Rewinding to Tuesday, August 20, 1974…

Tuesday · Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Misha, you arrived on August 20, 1974 in Boston.

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01The weather outside

A high of 75°F in Boston.

75°F/ 24°C high

Low of 64°F · dry

The sun rose at 5:56 am and set at 7:38 pm — 13h 42m of daylight.

02The sky that night

A waxing crescent watched over you.

15% lit · 3.7 days into its cycle

Looking up from Boston that evening, you could have spotted Jupiter without a telescope.

It was summer in your half of the world.

The Moon was 229,685 miles away — closer than usual.

03On every radio

The chart-topper that week: “The Night Chicago Died”

by Paper Lace — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 1 week, taking over from “Feel Like Makin' Love”.

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04What a dollar bought

Your first receipt.

GENERAL STORE

BOSTON · 1974-08-20

ITEM1974TODAYLoaf of white breadper lb≈$0.27$1.83Dozen eggsgrade A large≈$0.34$2.27Gallon of milkwhole≈$0.61$4.11Gallon of gasregular unleaded≈$0.67$4.48Pound of coffeeground roast≈$1.38$9.33Minimum wagefederal, per hour$2.00$7.25Median new homeUS sale price$36,200$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

2,724 weeks of them

0

full moons

have risen since your first night

0.00B

miles traveled

52 laps around the Sun

06Born under

A Tuesday'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

Tuesday

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