Rewinding to Wednesday 2 April 1975…
Wednesday · Santiago, Chile
The world on 2 April 1975 in Santiago.
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
A high of 23°C in Santiago.
23°C/ 73°F high
Low of 9°C · dry
The sun rose at 06:55 and set at 18:37 — 11h 42m 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 last quarter watched over you.
55% lit · 21.7 days into its cycle
Looking up from Santiago that evening, you could have spotted Saturn and Uranus without a telescope.
It was autumn in your half of the world.
The Moon was 393,901 km away — farther than usual.
03On every radio
The chart-topper that week: “Lady Marmalade”
by Labelle — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 1 week, taking over from “My Eyes Adored You”.
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04What a dollar bought
Your first receipt.
GENERAL STORE
PRICES IN THE U.S. · 1975-04-02
BREAD COSTS 6.3× 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
2,692 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 Aries.
Star sign
Aries
Fire sign
Chinese zodiac
Rabbit
Wood Rabbit
Birthstone
Diamond
for your month
Birth flower
Daisy
for your month
Generation
Generation X
1965–1980
Day of the week
Wednesday
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