Rewinding to Wednesday, July 9, 1975…
Wednesday · Detroit, Michigan, United States
The world on July 9, 1975 in Detroit.
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
A high of 78°F in Detroit.
78°F/ 26°C high
Low of 62°F · 0.04 in of rain
The sun rose at 6:03 am and set at 9:10 pm — 15h 7m of daylight.
02The sky that night
A new moon watched over you.
1% lit · 1 days into its cycle
Looking up from Detroit that evening, you could have spotted Venus and Uranus without a telescope.
It was summer in your half of the world.
The Moon was 227,818 miles away — closer than usual.
03On every radio
The chart-topper that week: “Love Will Keep Us Together”
by The Captain & Tennille — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 4 weeks, taking over from “Sister Golden Hair”.
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04What a dollar bought
Your first receipt.
GENERAL STORE
DETROIT · 1975-07-09
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
2,678 weeks of them
0
full moons
have risen since your first night
0.00B
miles traveled
51 laps around the Sun
06Born under
A Wednesday's child, under Cancer.
Star sign
Cancer
Water sign
Chinese zodiac
Rabbit
Wood Rabbit
Birthstone
Ruby
for your month
Birth flower
Larkspur
for your month
Generation
Generation X
1965–1980
Day of the week
Wednesday
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