Rewinding to Wednesday, March 24, 1976…

Wednesday · New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

Peyton, you arrived on March 24, 1976 in New Orleans.

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01The weather outside

It was light drizzle in New Orleans.

72°F/ 22°C high

Low of 57°F · dry · wind up to 17 mph

The sun rose at 5:59 am and set at 6:14 pm — 12h 15m of daylight.

Reconstructed from historical climate data — the closest thing we have to a weather time machine.

02The sky that night

A waning crescent watched over you.

27% lit · 24.4 days into its cycle

Looking up from New Orleans that evening, you could have spotted Mars and Saturn without a telescope.

It was spring in your half of the world.

The Moon was 244,404 miles away — farther than usual.

03On every radio

The chart-topper that week: “December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night)”

by The 4 Seasons — number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 3 weeks, taking over from “Love Machine (Part 1)”.

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04What a dollar bought

Your first receipt.

GENERAL STORE

NEW ORLEANS · 1976-03-24

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

2,641 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 Aries.

Star sign

Aries

Fire 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

Wednesday

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