Rewinding to Wednesday 1 January 1975…
Wednesday · Kumamoto, Japan
The world on 1 January 1975 in Kumamoto.
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
A high of 10°C in Kumamoto.
10°C/ 49°F high
Low of 7°C · 16.5 mm of rain
The sun rose at 07:19 and set at 17:21 — 10h 2m of daylight.
02The sky that night
A waning gibbous watched over you.
85% lit · 18.6 days into its cycle
Looking up from Kumamoto that evening, you could have spotted Jupiter and Saturn without a telescope.
It was winter in your half of the world.
The Moon was 363,366 km away — closer than usual.
03On every radio
The chart-topper that week: “Angie Baby”
by Helen Reddy — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 1 week, taking over from “Cat's In The Cradle”.
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04What a dollar bought
Your first receipt.
Japan’s shop prices from 1975 aren’t in the records we use, so here is what the same basket cost in the US that day.
GENERAL STORE
PRICES IN THE U.S. · 1975-01-01
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
2,705 weeks of them
0
full moons
have risen since your first night
0.00B
km travelled
51 laps around the Sun
06Born under
A Wednesday's child, under Capricorn.
Star sign
Capricorn
Earth sign
Chinese zodiac
Tiger
Wood Tiger
Birthstone
Garnet
for your month
Birth flower
Carnation
for your month
Generation
Generation X
1965–1980
Day of the week
Wednesday
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