Rewinding to Wednesday, January 15, 1975…
Wednesday · Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Mary, you arrived on January 15, 1975 in Montreal.
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
A high of -9°C in Montreal.
-9°C/ 15°F high
Low of -15°C · 1.8 mm of rain
The sun rose at 7:31 am and set at 4:36 pm — 9h 6m of daylight.
02The sky that night
A waxing crescent watched over you.
12% lit · 3.3 days into its cycle
Looking up from Montreal that evening, you could have spotted Saturn without a telescope.
It was winter in your half of the world.
The Moon was 406,099 km away — farther than usual.
03On every radio
The chart-topper that week: “Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds”
by Elton John — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 2 weeks, taking over from “Angie Baby”.
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04What a dollar bought
Your first receipt.
GENERAL STORE
PRICES IN THE U.S. · 1975-01-15
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
2,703 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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