Rewinding to Wednesday 21 January 1976…

Wednesday · Finchley, England, United Kingdom

Emma, you arrived on 21 January 1976 in Finchley.

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01The weather outside

A high of 11°C in Finchley.

11°C/ 51°F high

Low of 4°C · 0.3 mm of rain

The sun rose at 07:55 and set at 16:29 — 8h 34m of daylight.

02The sky that night

A waning gibbous watched over you.

73% lit · 19.9 days into its cycle

Looking up from Finchley that evening, you could have spotted Mars, Jupiter, Saturn without a telescope.

It was winter in your half of the world.

The Moon was 228,463 miles away — closer than usual.

03On every radio

The chart-topper that week: “I Write The Songs”

by Barry Manilow — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 1 week, taking over from “Convoy”.

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04What a pound bought

Your first receipt.

GENERAL STORE

PRICES IN UNITED KINGDOM · 1976-01-21

ITEM1976TODAYSliced white loaf800 g£0.18£1.44Litre of milkfresh£0.17£1.17Kilo of flourwheat£0.15£0.57Kilo of bananas1 kg£0.36£1.05Kilo of sugarwhite£0.26£1.18Kilo of chickenwhole£0.88£3.87

Measured shop prices

Prices: Office for National Statistics (UK)

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

2,650 weeks of them

0

full moons

have risen since your first night

0.00B

miles traveled

50 laps around the Sun

06Born under

A Wednesday's child, under Aquarius.

Star sign

Aquarius

Air 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

Wednesday

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