Rewinding to Saturday 16 November 1974…
Saturday · Salford, England, United Kingdom
Paul, you arrived on 16 November 1974 in Salford.
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
A high of 7°C in Salford.
7°C/ 45°F high
Low of 2°C · dry
The sun rose at 07:35 and set at 16:11 — 8h 35m of daylight.
02The sky that night
A waxing crescent watched over you.
9% lit · 2.8 days into its cycle
Looking up from Salford that evening, you could have spotted Jupiter and Saturn without a telescope.
It was autumn in your half of the world.
The Moon was 244,437 miles away — farther than usual.
03On every radio
The chart-topper that week: “Whatever Gets You Thru The Night”
by John Lennon With The Plastic Ono Nuclear Band — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 1 week, taking over from “You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet/Free Wheelin'”.
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04What a pound bought
Your first receipt.
GENERAL STORE
PRICES IN UNITED KINGDOM · 1974-11-16
Measured shop prices
Prices: Office for National Statistics (UK)
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
2,712 weeks of them
0
full moons
have risen since your first night
0.00B
miles traveled
51 laps around the Sun
06Born under
A Saturday's child, under Scorpio.
Star sign
Scorpio
Water sign
Chinese zodiac
Tiger
Wood Tiger
Birthstone
Topaz
for your month
Birth flower
Chrysanthemum
for your month
Generation
Generation X
1965–1980
Day of the week
Saturday
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