Rewinding to Thursday, September 19, 1974…
Thursday · Brooklyn, New York, United States
The world on September 19, 1974 in Brooklyn.
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
A high of 76°F in Brooklyn.
76°F/ 24°C high
Low of 56°F · 0.02 in of rain
The sun rose at 6:40 am and set at 6:58 pm — 12h 18m of daylight.
Estimated by NOAA’s 20th Century Reanalysis on a regional grid (about 100 km). 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 waxing crescent watched over you.
19% lit · 4.3 days into its cycle
Looking up from Brooklyn that evening, you could have spotted Jupiter without a telescope.
It was autumn in your half of the world.
The Moon was 236,813 miles away, right about average.
03On every radio
The chart-topper that week: “I Shot The Sheriff”
by Eric Clapton — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 1 week, taking over from “(You're) Having My Baby”.
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04What a dollar bought
Your first receipt.
GENERAL STORE
BROOKLYN · 1974-09-19
BREAD COSTS 6.5× 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
2,720 weeks of them
0
full moons
have risen since your first night
0.00B
miles traveled
52 laps around the Sun
06Born under
A Thursday's child, under Virgo.
Star sign
Virgo
Earth sign
Chinese zodiac
Tiger
Wood Tiger
Birthstone
Sapphire
for your month
Birth flower
Aster
for your month
Generation
Generation X
1965–1980
Day of the week
Thursday
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