Rewinding to Monday, March 8, 1976…

Monday · Los Angeles, California, United States

Freddie, you arrived on March 8, 1976 in Los Angeles.

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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

ITEM1976TODAYLoaf of white breadper lb≈$0.30$1.83Dozen eggsgrade A large≈$0.38$2.27Gallon of milkwhole≈$0.68$4.11Gallon of gasregular unleaded$0.59$4.48Pound of coffeeground roast≈$1.55$9.33Minimum wagefederal, per hour$2.30$7.25Median new homeUS sale price$42,800$393,300Postage stampfirst-class letter$0.13$0.78

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

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