Rewinding to Friday 2 January 1976…
Friday · Seville, Andalusia, Spain
The world on 2 January 1976 in Seville.
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
A high of 18°C in Seville.
18°C/ 64°F high
Low of 5°C · dry
The sun rose at 08:38 and set at 18:17 — 9h 39m of daylight.
02The sky that night
A waxing crescent watched over you.
2% lit · 1.2 days into its cycle
Looking up from Seville that evening, you could have spotted Mars, Jupiter, Saturn without a telescope.
It was winter in your half of the world.
The Moon was 387,539 km away, right about average.
03On every radio
The chart-topper that week: “Let's Do It Again”
by The Staple Singers — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 1 week, taking over from “That's The Way (I Like It)”.
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04What a dollar bought
Your first receipt.
GENERAL STORE
PRICES IN THE U.S. · 1976-01-02
BREAD COSTS 6.1× 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
2,653 weeks of them
0
full moons
have risen since your first night
0.00B
km travelled
50 laps around the Sun
06Born under
A Friday's child, under Capricorn.
Star sign
Capricorn
Earth sign
Chinese zodiac
Rabbit
Wood Rabbit
Birthstone
Garnet
for your month
Birth flower
Carnation
for your month
Generation
Generation X
1965–1980
Day of the week
Friday
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