Rewinding to Monday, March 8, 1976…
Monday · Los Angeles, California, United States
The world on March 8, 1976 in Los Angeles.
Scroll back in time ↓01The weather outside
A high of 61°F in Los Angeles.
61°F/ 16°C high
Low of 48°F · dry
The sun rose at 6:12 am and set at 5:55 pm — 11h 43m of daylight.
02The sky that night
A first quarter watched over you.
50% lit · 7.4 days into its cycle
Looking up from Los Angeles that evening, you could have spotted Mars and Saturn without a telescope.
It was spring in your half of the world.
The Moon was 244,239 miles away — farther than usual.
03On every radio
The chart-topper that week: “Love Machine (Part 1)”
by The Miracles — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 1 week, taking over from “Theme From S.W.A.T.”.
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04What a dollar bought
Your first receipt.
GENERAL STORE
LOS ANGELES · 1976-03-08
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
2,643 weeks of them
0
full moons
have risen since your first night
0.00B
miles traveled
50 laps around the Sun
06Born under
A Monday's child, under Pisces.
Star sign
Pisces
Water sign
Chinese zodiac
Dragon
Fire Dragon
Birthstone
Aquamarine
for your month
Birth flower
Daffodil
for your month
Generation
Generation X
1965–1980
Day of the week
Monday
And so much more you’d never guess or remember.
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